-ms-layout-grid-line Attribute | layoutGridLine Property

Gets or sets the gridline value used for rendering the text content of an element.

Syntax

CSS	{ -ms-layout-grid-line : sLineSpace }
Scripting	[ sLineSpace = ] object.style.layoutGridLine

Possible Values

sLineSpace

String that specifies or receives one of the following values. none Default. No grid line is set. auto Largest character in the font of the element is used to set the character grid. length Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, or pc) or a relative units designator (em, ex, or px). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units Reference. percentage Integer, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage derived from the dimensions of the parent object.

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of none. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are supported in IE7 Standards mode and IE5 (Quirks) mode only. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties and Defining Document Compatibility.

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer 8. The -ms-layout-grid-line attribute is an extension to CSS, and can be used as a synonym for layout-grid-line in IE8 Standards mode.

The visual effects of the -ms-layout-grid-line attribute are similar to the lineHeight property.

Web documents in Asian languages, such as Chinese or Japanese, usually create a document layout for characters using a one- or two-dimensional grid. You can use the -ms-layout-grid attribute to incorporate this layout into Web documents.

The -ms-layout-grid-line attribute applies only to block-level elements.

Note  For this property to have an effect, the -ms-layout-grid-mode attribute must be set to line or both.

Example

This example uses the -ms-layout-grid-line attribute to specify character layout for a block of text.

Kopieren

<STYLE>
DIV.layout { layout-grid-line: auto }
</STYLE>

<DIV CLASS = "layout">
This is a block element containing a sentence of sample text.
</DIV>

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3).

Applies To

BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CENTER, CSSStyleDeclaration, currentStyle, DD, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, HR, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, style, TABLE, TD, TH, TR, UL, XMP, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor