charset attribute | charset property (Internet Explorer)

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charset attribute | charset property

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Sets or retrieves the character set used to encode the object.

Syntax

HTML	`<element charset="p" ... >`
JavaScript	`p = object.charset`

Property values

Type: String

the character set.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5

Remarks

For a, link, and script objects, you must set the value of this property before you can retrieve it.

You must set the value of this property before you can retrieve it.

In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This property now applies to the a, link, and script objects.

Build date: 3/8/2012

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Not for META

The CHARSET attribute does not apply to the META element, as of W3C DOM.

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Charset affects presentation

In order to apply a new character set to the document content displayed, you have to execute the command "Refresh" after setting the charset attribute. Calling WINDOW.OPEN(URL, "_self") resets the document character set to the default value.