###### 3.2.6.2.2 codeblock

The <codeblock> element represents lines of program code. Like the <pre> element, line endings and spaces inside the element must be preserved, and the content is typically rendered in a monospaced font. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap | ( text data or boolean or cite or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or ph or b or i or sup or sub or tt or u or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or systemoutput or userinput or menucascade or uicontrol or q or term or abbreviated-form or xref or state or coderef or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or draft-comment or fn or indextermref or indexterm or required-cleanup) (any number)

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
topic (technical content) | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example, linkinfo, pd
map (technical content), bookmap | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, pd
concept | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example, linkinfo, conbody, pd
ditabase | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example, linkinfo, conbody, prereq, context, steps-informal, stepsection, info, tutorialinfo, stepxmp, choice, choptionhd, chdeschd, choption, chdesc, stepresult, result, postreq, refsyn, proptypehd, propvaluehd, propdeschd, propdesc, glossdef, glossUsage, glossScopeNote, pd
glossary, glossentry, glossgroup | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example, linkinfo, conbody, glossdef, glossUsage, glossScopeNote, pd
reference | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example, linkinfo, refsyn, proptypehd, propvaluehd, propdeschd, propdesc, pd
task (strict), task (general) | desc, p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, fig, figgroup, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example, linkinfo, prereq, context, steps-informal, stepsection, info, tutorialinfo, stepxmp, choice, choptionhd, chdeschd, choption, chdesc, stepresult, result, postreq, pd

###### Inheritance

+ topic/pre pr-d/codeblock

###### Example

    <codeblock>
    /* a long sample program */
    Do forever
      Say "Hello, World"
    End
    </codeblock>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
spectitle | The specialized title attribute allows architects of specialized types to define a fixed or default title for a specialized element. Not intended for direct use by authors. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No
display-atts attribute group (scale, frame, expanse) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.1 display-atts attribute group |  |  |
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass, xml:space | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Parent Topic: 3.2.6.2 Programming elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.6.2.1 apiname

3.2.6.2.3 coderef

3.2.6.2.4 codeph

3.2.6.2.5 option

3.2.6.2.6 parmname

3.2.6.2.7 parml

3.2.6.2.8 plentry

3.2.6.2.9 pt

3.2.6.2.10 pd

3.2.6.2.11 synph

3.2.6.2.12 syntaxdiagram

3.2.6.2.13 groupseq

3.2.6.2.14 groupchoice

3.2.6.2.15 groupcomp

3.2.6.2.16 fragment

3.2.6.2.17 fragref

3.2.6.2.18 synblk

3.2.6.2.19 synnote

3.2.6.2.20 synnoteref

3.2.6.2.21 kwd

3.2.6.2.22 var

3.2.6.2.23 oper

3.2.6.2.24 delim

3.2.6.2.25 sep

3.2.6.2.26 repsep