Sets or retrieves whether the text of the object is in small capital letters.

Syntax

HTML	{ font-variant : sVariant }
Scripting	[ sVariant = ] object.style.fontVariant

Possible Values

sVariant

String that specifies or receives one of the following values. normal Default. Font is normal. small-caps Font is in small capital letters.

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 normal. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.

DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 renders small-caps as uppercase letters in a smaller size.

Examples

The following examples use the font-variant attribute and the fontVariant property to change the font to small capitals.

This example uses P as a selector in an embedded (global) style sheet to set the font style to small-caps in all paragraphs.

<P STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">

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This example uses inline scripting to set the font style to small-caps when an onmousedown event occurs.

<DIV onmousedown="this.style.fontVariant='small-caps'">

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Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, currentStyle, CUSTOM, DD, defaults, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, HTML, I, 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, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor

See Also

font