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-ms-layout-grid-char property

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

Syntax

-ms-layout-grid-char: none | auto | <length> | <percentage>

Property 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 Values and Units Reference.
percentage: Integer, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage derived from the dimensions of the parent object.

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	no
Initial Value

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

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

The visual effects of the -ms-layout-grid-char attribute are similar to the line-height 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.

Examples

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>

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