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outline Attribute | outline Property

Gets or sets the color, style, and width of the outline frame.

Syntax

CSS { outline : sOutline }
Scripting[ sOutline = ] object.style.outline [ = sOutline ]

Possible Values

sOutlineString that specifies or receives one or more of the following space-delimited values:
color
Any of the range of color values available to the outlineColor property.
style
Any of the range of style values available to the outlineStyle property.
width
Any of the range of width values available to the outlineWidth property.

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 medium. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Remarks

Displaying an outline does not cause reflow, no matter how wide the outline is. The outline frame is drawn over an element, and does not influence the position or size of the box, or of any other boxes.

This property requires Windows Internet Explorer to be in IE8 Standards mode rendering.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS2.1).

Applies To

currentStyle, runtimeStyle, style, A, ABBR, ACRONYM, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor

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