left property
Sets or retrieves the left coordinate of the rectangle surrounding the object content.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Integer
the left coordinate of the rectangle, in pixels.
Remarks
To access the left coordinate of the second text rectangle of a TextRange object, use this syntax:
oRct = oTextRange.getClientRects(); oRct[1].left;
Note that because the collection index starts at 0, the second item index is 1.
To access the left coordinate of the bounding rectangle of an element object, use this syntax:
oBndRct = oElement.getBoundingClientRect(); oBndRct.left;
Examples
This example uses the getBoundingClientRect method to retrieve the coordinates of the bounds of the text rectangles within the element.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/rectangles.htm
<SCRIPT>
function getCoords(oObject) {
oBndRct=oObject.getBoundingClientRect();
alert("Bounding rectangle = \nUpperleft coordinates: "
+ oBndRct.left + " " + oBndRct.top +
"\nLowerright coordinates: "
+ oBndRct.right + " " + oBndRct.bottom);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P ID=oPara onclick="getCoords(this)">
See also
- TextRectangle Constructor
- Reference
- bottom
- right
- top
- TextRectangle
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