This deprecated, browser-specific element is not recommended. Authors should generally find an alternative way to accomplish the same task while adhering to all best practices, or simply do without it if it is unimportant.
The void HTML <spacer /> element inserts a space in the document. The space can be between characters or between lines, or it can be a spacing rectangle, similar to an invisible image. The author can control horizontal-only spacing, vertical-only spacing, or block spacing (vertical and horizontal) as well. This element is only supported by Netscape, but since CSS can do the same task at a better level, later on even Netscape stopped supporting it. Its use is strongly discouraged.
Attributes
type- Specifies whether the extra space is inserted between characters or between lines, or whether it is a rectangular space that is effectively an invisible image. Values arehorizontal,vertical, orblock.align- This attribute only applies whentypeisblock. It controls the alignment of the surrounding text relative to the spacing block. Values areleft,right,top,texttop,middle,absmiddle,baseline,bottom, orabsbottom.height- This attribute only applies whentypeisblock. It controls the pixel height of the rectangular space.width- This attribute only applies whentypeisblock. It controls the pixel width of the rectangular space.size- This attribute only applies whentypeishorizontalorvertical. It controls the pixel width or height of the element.
Example:
<spacer type="block" align="left" width="100" height="100" /> This is text that began with a <spacer /> element.