ruby-position Attribute | rubyPosition Property

Gets or sets the position of the ruby text specified by the rt object.

Syntax

CSS	{ ruby-position : sRubyPlacement }
Scripting	[ sRubyPlacement = ] object.style.rubyPosition

Possible Values

sRubyPlacement

String that specifies or receives one of the following values: above Default. Ruby text is positioned above the base text. inline Ruby text is positioned inline with the base text.

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of above. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are supported in IE7 Standards mode and IE5 (Quirks) mode only. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties and Defining Document Compatibility.

Remarks

The rubyPosition property specifies the position of the ruby text defined by the rt object, and is set on the ruby object.

Example

This example uses the ruby-position attribute and the rubyPosition property to set the position of the ruby text. It uses an inline style sheet to set the ruby-position attribute to inline.

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<RUBY ID=oRuby STYLE = "ruby-position: inline">
Ruby base.
<RT>Ruby text.
</RUBY>
<P>
<INPUT
TYPE=button VALUE="Above"
onclick="oRuby.style.rubyPosition='above';"
>

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

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3).

Applies To

CSSStyleDeclaration, currentStyle, RUBY, runtimeStyle, style, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor

See Also

rubyAlign, rubyOverhang