Sets or retrieves the status of the script.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT DEFER ... >
Scripting	[ bDefer = ] object.defer

Possible Values

bDefer

Boolean that specifies or receives one of the following values. false Default. Inline executable function is not deferred. true Inline executable function is deferred.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of false.

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

Using the attribute at design time can improve the download performance of a page because the browser does not need to parse and execute the script and can continue downloading and parsing the page instead.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

SCRIPT, HTMLScriptElement Constructor