HTML Element Components
webforJ ships a set of components that map directly to standard HTML elements, giving you a typed Java API for the most common building blocks of web pages. For a comprehensive reference on each underlying HTML element, see the MDN HTML element reference.
Available components
The following components are available and map to their corresponding HTML elements:
| webforJ Class | HTML Element | Description | Children |
|---|---|---|---|
Anchor | <a> | Creates a hyperlink to a URL, email address, or in-page location. | ✔️ |
Article | <article> | Represents a self-contained composition such as a blog post, news article, or forum entry. | ✔️ |
Aside | <aside> | Represents content that's indirectly related to the main content, typically rendered as a sidebar. | ✔️ |
Break | <hr> | Represents a thematic break between paragraph-level elements, rendered as a horizontal rule. | ❌ |
Div | <div> | A generic block-level container for grouping and styling content. | ✔️ |
Emphasis | <em> | Marks text with stress emphasis, changing the meaning of a sentence. | ✔️ |
Fieldset | <fieldset> | Groups related form controls and their labels. | ✔️ |
Footer | <footer> | Represents the footer of its nearest sectioning ancestor, typically containing authorship or navigation information. | ✔️ |
FormattedText | <pre> | Displays preformatted text, preserving whitespace and line breaks exactly as written. | ✔️ |
H1 – H6 | <h1> – <h6> | Represent six levels of section headings, with H1 being the most and H6 the least important. | ✔️ |
Header | <header> | Represents introductory content, typically containing a heading, logo, or navigation links. | ✔️ |
Iframe | <iframe> | Embeds another HTML page as a nested browsing context within the current page. | ❌ |
Img | <img> | Embeds an image into the document. | ❌ |
Legend | <legend> | Provides a caption for the content of a Fieldset. | ❌ |
ListEntry | <li> | Represents an individual item in an OrderedList or UnorderedList. | ✔️ |
Main | <main> | Represents the dominant content of the document body, unique to the page. | ✔️ |
NativeButton | <button> | A native interactive button element that can trigger actions or submit forms. | ✔️ |
Nav | <nav> | Represents a section of the page containing navigation links. | ✔️ |
OrderedList | <ol> | Represents a numbered, ordered list of items. | ✔️ |
Paragraph | <p> | Represents a paragraph of text. | ✔️ |
Section | <section> | Represents a generic standalone section of a document, typically with a heading. | ✔️ |
Span | <span> | A generic inline container for text and other inline content. | ✔️ |
Strong | <strong> | Indicates content of strong importance, typically rendered in bold. | ✔️ |
UnorderedList | <ul> | Represents a bulleted, unordered list of items. | ✔️ |
Working with children
Components marked with ✔️ in the Children column support adding, removing, and accessing child components. These methods are provided through the Element class.
For creating arbitrary HTML elements beyond those listed here, or for embedding custom web components, see the Element documentation.