Sets or retrieves the size of the character grid used for rendering the text content of an element.

Syntax

HTML	{ -ms-layout-grid-char : sCharSize }
Scripting	[ sCharSize = ] object.style.layoutGridChar

Possible Values

sCharSize

String that specifies or receives one of the following values. none Default. No character grid 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 not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

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

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

Web documents in Asian languages, such as Chinese or Japanese, usually create a page 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-char 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-char attribute to specify character layout for a block of text.

<STYLE>
DIV.layout { layout-grid-char: 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, 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