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nextID object

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

Creates unique identifiers that text editing software can read.

This object is not supported for Metro style apps using JavaScript

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification (Deprecated)

Members

The nextID object has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The nextID object has these methods.

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
click	Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
contains	Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
doScroll	Simulates a click on a scroll bar component.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getBoundingClientRect	Retrieves an object that specifies the bounds of a collection of TextRectangle objects.
getClientRects	Retrieves a collection of rectangles that describes the layout of the contents of an object or range within the client. Each rectangle describes a single line.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the CLASS attribute.
hasAttributes	Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
removeAttribute	Removes an attribute from an object.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.

Properties

The nextID object has these properties.

Property	Description
ATOMICSELECTION	Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
canHaveChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.
canHaveHTML	Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
id	Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object.
innerHTML	Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object.
innerText	Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object.
isContentEditable	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
isDisabled	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
language	Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written.
offsetHeight	Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
offsetParent	Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
offsetWidth	Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
outerText	Sets or retrieves the text of the object.
readyState	Retrieves the current state of the object.
role	Sets or retrieves the role for this element.
sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
tagUrn	Sets or gets the URN specified in the namespace declaration.
title	Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.
uniqueNumber	Retrieves the element's unique number.

Remarks

This element can be used only within the head element.

Build date: 3/8/2012

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