boundingLeft property (Internet Explorer)

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boundingLeft property

Retrieves the distance between the left edge of the rectangle that bounds the TextRange object and the left side of the object that contains the TextRange.

Syntax

JavaScript

p = object.boundingLeft

Property values

Type: Integer

the left coordinate of the bounding rectangle, in pixels.

Examples

This example retrieves the value of the boundingLeft property for the given text area.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/boundingTop.htm


<SCRIPT>
function boundDim(oObject)
{
    var oTextRange = oObject.createTextRange();
    if (oTextRange != null) {
        alert("The bounding left is \n" + 
            oTextRange.boundingLeft);
    }
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TEXTAREA COLS=100 ROWS=2 ID=oTextarea 
    onclick="boundDim(this)"> . . . </TEXTAREA>

See also

TextRange
TextRange Constructor
Reference
boundingHeight
boundingTop
boundingWidth

 

 

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