
Specifies how many columns are in the group.
object.span[ = span]
This property should be ignored if the COLGROUP element contains one or more COL elements. The span property provides a more convenient way of grouping columns without the need to specify COL elements.
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies the URL of a sound to be played.
object.src[ = src]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies an external file that contains the source code.
object.src
A script can contain an external reference as well as code within the block. The code specified by src precedes the code contained within the document.
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
Specifies a URL for the associated file.
object.src[ = src]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies the element that fired the event.
object.srcElement
This read-only property is an element object.
Specifies the filter object that caused the onfilterchange event to fire.
object.srcFilter
This is a read-only property.
Specifies the starting number for a list.
object.start[ = start]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies when a video clip file should start playing.
object.start[ = start]
This read-write property can be one of the following strings:
fileopen The video starts as soon as it is finished loading. mouseover The video starts when the mouse goes over the animation.
Sets or retrieves the message in the status bar at the bottom of the window.
object.status[ = status]
The value of this read-write property can be any valid string.
Do not confuse status with defaultStatus. The defaultStatus property reflects the default message displayed in the status bar.
Sets or retrieves the current value of a check box or radio button. This property is an alias for the value property for check boxes and radio buttons.
object.status[ = status]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies an inline style sheet for the tag.
object.style[ = style]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
Sets or retrieves the CSS float attribute, which specifies whether the element floats, causing text to flow around it.
object.styleFloat[ = styleFloat]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Indicates the default language that the system is running. For possible return values, see Language Codes.
object.systemLanguage
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
Sets the tab index for the object.
object.tabIndex[ = tabIndex]
Tab selection order is determined by the value of tabIndex as follows:
- All elements with tabIndex > 0 are selected in increasing tab index order, or in source order for duplicate tab index values.
- All elements with tabIndex = 0, or without tabIndex set, are selected next, in source order if more than one.
- Elements with tabIndex = -1 are omitted from tabbing order.
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
A, APPLET, AREA, BODY, BUTTON, DIV, EMBED, HR, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT, MARQUEE, OBJECT, SELECT, TABLE, TEXTAREA
Returns the tag for the current element.
object.tagName
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HEAD, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, META, NEXTID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, STYLE, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
Specifies the window or frame at which to target the contents.
object.target[ = target]
If there is no frame or window that matches the specified target, a new window is opened for the link.
The default value for target depends upon the URL and site. If the user does not leave the site, the default is _self, but if the user exits to a new site, the default is _top.
Special Target Values
_blank Specifies to load the link into a new blank window. This window is not named. _parent Specifies to load the link into the immediate parent of the document the link is in. _self Specifies to load the link into the same window the link was clicked in. _top Specifies to load the link into the full body of the window. This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Sets or retrieves the text contained within the range.
object.text[ = text]
The text is formatted within the current context of the document. This property cannot be set while the document is loading. Wait for the onload event before attempting to setting this property.
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
This feature might not be available on non-Win32 platforms. See article Q172976 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for the latest information on Internet Explorer cross-platform compatibility.
Sets or retrieves the text (foreground) color for the document body.
object.text[ = color]
This read-write property can be set to any one of the color names or values given in Color Table.
Retrieves the textual content of the block element as a string.
object.text
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
Sets or retrieves the text string specified by the OPTION tag.
object.text[ = text]
Assigning a value to the text property changes the text property internally but does not cause the listed value to change. Submitting the form submits the internally stored value, not the one displayed.
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Returns the CSS text-align attribute, which specifies how text is aligned within the element.
object.textAlign[ = textAlign]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Returns the CSS text-decoration attribute, which specifies whether the text in the element has the blink, line-through, overline, and underline decorations.
object.textDecoration[ = textDecoration]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies whether the text in the element has the blink decoration.
object.textDecorationBlink[ = textDecorationBlink]
Although you can set this style property, it has no effect on the text in the element. Blinking text is not implemented.
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies whether the text in the element has the line-through decoration.
object.textDecorationLineThrough[ = textDecorationLineThrough]
This read-write property can be set to TRUE to apply the line-through decoration, or FALSE to prevent it.
Specifies whether the text in the element has any decoration.
object.textDecorationNone[ = textDecorationNone]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies whether the text has the overline decoration.
object.textDecorationOverline[ = textDecorationOverline]
This read-write property can be set to TRUE to apply the overline, or FALSE to prevent it.
Specifies whether the text has the underline decoration.
object.textDecorationUnderline[ = textDecorationUnderline]
This read-write property can be set to TRUE to apply the underline, or FALSE to prevent it.
Returns the CSS text-indent attribute, which specifies indentation of the text in the element.
object.textIndent
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
Returns the CSS text-transform attribute, which specifies whether the text in the element is automatically transformed.
object.textTransform
This read-only property can have one of these string values:
capitalize First letter in the text is capitalized. lowercase All letters in the text are converted to lowercase. uppercase All letters in the text are converted to uppercase.
Points to the THEAD element in the TABLE. If none exist, it is null.
object.thead[ = element]
This property has read-only permission.
The following example sets the inline style for the THEAD.
document.all.myTable.thead.style.color = "blue"
table
Points to the TFOOT element in the TABLE. If none exist, it is null.
object.tfoot[ = element]
This property has read-only permission.
The following example sets the inline style for the TFOOT.
document.all.myTable.tfoot.style.color = "blue"
table
Sets or retrieves the title of the style sheet. The title is a string that is a grouping mechanism for style sheets.
object.title[ = title]
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
Specifies advisory information for the element. Internet Explorer 4.0 renders the title as a ToolTip when the user hovers the mouse over the element.
This property has read-write permissions, meaning you can change as well as retrieve its current value.
object.title[ = title]
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, HEAD, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, META, NEXTID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
Specifies the element being moved to for the onmouseover and onmouseout events.
object.toElement
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
Sets or retrieves the CSS top attribute of the element.
object.top[ = top]
This read-write property is a string consisting of a number and a units designator, as described for cascading style sheets.
For more information on how to access the dimension and location of elements on the page through the document object model, see Measuring Element Dimension and Location.
Specifies the topmost ancestor window, which is its own parent.
object.top
This property has read-only permission, meaning you can retrieve its current value, but not change it.
Specifies the margin for the top of the page, and overrides the default margin.
object.topMargin[ = topMargin]
This read-write property is a string. If set to "", the margin will be exactly on the top edge.
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