Sets or retrieves the composite document grid properties that specify the layout of text characters.

Syntax

HTML	{ -ms-layout-grid : sLayout }
Scripting	[ sLayout = ] object.style.layoutGrid

Possible Values

sLayout

String that specifies or receives one or more of the following values, in the order specified: mode Any of the range of mode values available to the layoutGridMode property. type Any of the range of type values available to the layoutGridType property. line Any of the range of line values available to the layoutGridLine property. char Any of the range of character values available to the layoutGridChar property.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of both loose none none. 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

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

Though you don't have to specify all four values for the -ms-layout-grid attribute, they must be listed in the order given in Possible Values.

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

Example

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

<STYLE>
DIV.layout { layout-grid: both fixed 12px 12px }
</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

A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, CUSTOM, DD, defaults, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, 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, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, META, nextID, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor