Represents the cascaded format and style of the object that overrides the format and style specified in global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the runtimeStyle object.

Attributes/Properties

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Property Description onOffBehavior Gets an object that indicates whether the specified Microsoft DirectAnimation behavior is running. Filter property Description Alpha Adjusts the opacity of the content of the object. BlendTrans Reveals new content of the object by fading the original content. Chroma Displays a specific color of the content of the object as transparent. DropShadow Creates a solid silhouette of the content of the object, offset in the specified direction. This creates the illusion that the content is floating and casting a shadow. FlipH Displays the content of the object flipped across the horizontal axis. FlipV Displays the content of the object flipped across the vertical axis. Glow Adds radiance around the outside edges of the content of the object so that it appears to glow. Gray Displays the content of the object in grayscale. Invert Reverses the hue, saturation, and brightness values of the content of the object. Light Creates the effect of a light shining on the content of the object. MaskFilter Displays transparent pixels of the object content as a color mask, and makes the nontransparent pixels transparent. MotionBlur Causes the content of the object to appear to be in motion. Redirect Not currently supported. RevealTrans Reveals new content of the object using one of 24 predefined Transition effects. Shadow Creates a solid silhouette of the content of the object, offset in the specified direction. This creates the illusion of a shadow. Wave Performs a sine wave distortion of the content of the object along the vertical axis. Xray Changes the color depth of the content of the object and displays it in black and white. Method Description getAttribute Retrieves the value of the specified attribute. getExpression Retrieves the expression for the given property. removeAttribute Removes an attribute from an object. removeExpression Removes the expression from the specified property. setAttribute Sets the value of the specified attribute. setExpression Sets an expression for the specified object. Style attribute Style property Description -ms-accelerator accelerator Sets or retrieves a string that indicates whether the object represents a keyboard shortcut. background background Sets or retrieves up to five separate background properties of the object. background-attachment backgroundAttachment Sets or retrieves how the background image is attached to the object within the document. background-color backgroundColor Sets or retrieves the color behind the content of the object. background-image backgroundImage Sets or retrieves the background image of the object. background-position backgroundPosition Sets or retrieves the position of the background of the object. -ms-background-position-x backgroundPositionX Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property. -ms-background-position-y backgroundPositionY Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property. background-repeat backgroundRepeat Sets or retrieves how the backgroundImage property of the object is tiled. -ms-behavior behavior Sets or retrieves the location of the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behavior. border border Sets or retrieves the properties to draw around the object. border-bottom borderBottom Sets or retrieves the properties of the bottom border of the object. border-bottom-color borderBottomColor Sets or retrieves the color of the bottom border of the object. border-bottom-style borderBottomStyle Sets or retrieves the style of the bottom border of the object. border-bottom-width borderBottomWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the bottom border of the object. border-collapse borderCollapse Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the row and cell borders of a table are joined in a single border or detached as in standard HTML. border-color borderColor Sets or retrieves the border color of the object. border-left borderLeft Sets or retrieves the properties of the left border of the object. border-left-color borderLeftColor Sets or retrieves the color of the left border of the object. border-left-style borderLeftStyle Sets or retrieves the style of the left border of the object. border-left-width borderLeftWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the left border of the object. border-right borderRight Sets or retrieves the properties of the right border of the object. border-right-color borderRightColor Sets or retrieves the color of the right border of the object. border-right-style borderRightStyle Sets or retrieves the style of the right border of the object. border-right-width borderRightWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the right border of the object. border-spacing   borderSpacing Sets or retrieves the distance between the borders of adjoining cells in a table. border-style borderStyle Sets or retrieves the style of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object. border-top borderTop Sets or retrieves the properties of the top border of the object. border-top-color borderTopColor Sets or retrieves the color of the top border of the object. border-top-style borderTopStyle Sets or retrieves the style of the top border of the object. border-top-width borderTopWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the top border of the object. border-width borderWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object. bottom bottom Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in relation to the bottom of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy. box-sizing   boxSizing Sets or retrieves the box model to use for object sizing. caption-side   captionSide Sets or retrieves where the caption of a table is located. clear clear Sets or retrieves whether the object allows floating objects on its left side, right side, or both, so that the next text displays past the floating objects. clip clip Sets or retrieves which part of a positioned object is visible. color color Sets or retrieves the color of the text of the object. content   content Sets or retrieves generated content to insert before or after an element. counter-increment   counterIncrement Sets or retrieves a list of counters to increment. counter-reset   counterReset Sets or retrieves a list of counters to create or reset to zero. cssText Sets or retrieves the persisted representation of the style rule. cursor cursor Sets or retrieves the type of cursor to display as the mouse pointer moves over the object. direction direction Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object. empty-cells   emptyCells Determines whether to show or hide a cell without content. font font Sets or retrieves a combination of separate font properties of the object. Alternatively, sets or retrieves one or more of six user-preference fonts. font-family fontFamily Sets or retrieves the name of the font used for text in the object. font-size fontSize Sets or retrieves a value that indicates the font size used for text in the object. font-style fontStyle Sets or retrieves the font style of the object as italic, normal, or oblique. font-variant fontVariant Sets or retrieves whether the text of the object is in small capital letters. font-weight fontWeight Sets or retrieves the weight of the font of the object. height height Sets or retrieves the height of the object. -ms-ime-mode imeMode Sets or retrieves the state of an Input Method Editor (IME). -ms-layout-flow layoutFlow Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object. -ms-layout-grid layoutGrid Sets or retrieves the composite document grid properties that specify the layout of text characters. -ms-layout-grid-char layoutGridChar Sets or retrieves the size of the character grid used for rendering the text content of an element. -ms-layout-grid-line layoutGridLine Sets or retrieves the gridline value used for rendering the text content of an element. -ms-layout-grid-mode layoutGridMode Sets or retrieves whether the text layout grid uses two dimensions. -ms-layout-grid-type layoutGridType Sets or retrieves the type of grid used for rendering the text content of an element. left left Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the left edge of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy. letter-spacing letterSpacing Sets or retrieves the amount of additional space between letters in the object. -ms-line-break lineBreak Sets or retrieves line-breaking rules for text in selected languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean. line-height lineHeight Sets or retrieves the distance between lines in the object. list-style listStyle Sets or retrieves up to three separate listStyle properties of the object. list-style-image listStyleImage Sets or retrieves a value that indicates which image to use as a list-item marker for the object. list-style-position listStylePosition Sets or retrieves a variable that indicates how the list-item marker is drawn relative to the content of the object. list-style-type listStyleType Sets or retrieves the predefined type of the line-item marker for the object. margin margin Sets or retrieves the width of the top, right, bottom, and left margins of the object. margin-bottom marginBottom Sets or retrieves the height of the bottom margin of the object. margin-left marginLeft Sets or retrieves the width of the left margin of the object. margin-right marginRight Sets or retrieves the width of the right margin of the object. margin-top marginTop Sets or retrieves the height of the top margin of the object. max-height maxHeight Sets or retrieves the maximum height for an element. max-width maxWidth Sets or retrieves the maximum width for an element. min-height minHeight Sets or retrieves the minimum height for an element. min-width minWidth Sets or retrieves the minimum width for an element. -ms-block-progression   msBlockProgression Sets or retrieves the block progression and layout orientation. -ms-interpolation-mode msInterpolationMode Sets or retrieves the interpolation (resampling) method used to stretch images. orphans   orphans Sets or retrieves the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must appear at the bottom of a page. outline   outline Sets or retrieves the color, style, and width of the outline frame. outline-color   outlineColor Sets or retrieves the color of the outline frame. outline-style   outlineStyle Sets or retrieves the style of the outline frame. outline-width   outlineWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the outline frame. overflow overflow Sets or retrieves a value indicating how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height or width of the object. -ms-overflow-x overflowX Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the width of the object. -ms-overflow-y overflowY Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height of the object. padding padding Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the object and its margin or, if there is a border, between the object and its border. padding-bottom paddingBottom Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the bottom border of the object and the content. padding-left paddingLeft Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the left border of the object and the content. padding-right paddingRight Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the right border of the object and the content. padding-top paddingTop Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the top border of the object and the content. page-break-after pageBreakAfter Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether a page break occurs after the object. page-break-before pageBreakBefore Sets or retrieves a string indicating whether a page break occurs before the object. page-break-inside   pageBreakInside Sets or retrieves a string indicating whether a page break is allowed to occur inside the object. pixelBottom Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object. pixelHeight Sets or retrieves the height of the object. pixelLeft Sets or retrieves the left position of the object. pixelRight Sets or retrieves the right position of the object. pixelTop Sets or retrieves the top position of the object. pixelWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the object. posBottom Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in the units specified by the bottom attribute. posHeight Sets or retrieves the height of the object in the units specified by the height attribute. position position Sets or retrieves the type of positioning used for the object. posLeft Sets or retrieves the left position of the object in the units specified by the left attribute. posRight Sets or retrieves the right position of the object in the units specified by the right attribute. posTop Sets or retrieves the top position of the object in the units specified by the top attribute. posWidth Sets or retrieves the width of the object in the units specified by the width attribute. quotes   quotes Sets or retrieves the pairs of strings to be used as quotes in generated content. right right Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the right edge of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy. ruby-align rubyAlign Sets or retrieves the position of the ruby text specified by the rt object. ruby-overhang rubyOverhang Sets or retrieves the position of the ruby text specified by the rt object. ruby-position rubyPosition Sets or retrieves the position of the ruby text specified by the rt object. -ms-scrollbar-3dlight-color scrollbar3dLightColor Sets or retrieves the color of the top and left edges of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar. -ms-scrollbar-arrow-color scrollbarArrowColor Sets or retrieves the color of the arrow elements of a scroll arrow. -ms-scrollbar-base-color scrollbarBaseColor Sets or retrieves the color of the main elements of a scroll bar, which include the scroll box, track, and scroll arrows. -ms-scrollbar-darkshadow-color scrollbarDarkShadowColor Sets or retrieves the color of the gutter of a scroll bar. -ms-scrollbar-face-color scrollbarFaceColor Sets or retrieves the color of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar. -ms-scrollbar-highlight-color scrollbarHighlightColor Sets or retrieves the color of the top and left edges of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar. -ms-scrollbar-shadow-color scrollbarShadowColor Sets or retrieves the color of the bottom and right edges of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar. -ms-scrollbar-track-color scrollbarTrackColor Sets or retrieves the color of the track element of a scroll bar. float styleFloat Sets or retrieves on which side of the object the text will flow. table-layout tableLayout Sets or retrieves a string that indicates whether the table layout is fixed. text-align textAlign Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is left-aligned, right-aligned, centered, or justified. -ms-text-align-last textAlignLast Sets or retrieves how to align the last line or only line of text in the object. -ms-text-autospace textAutospace Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text. text-decoration textDecoration Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the text in the object has blink, line-through, overline, or underline decorations. textDecorationBlink Sets or retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the object's textDecoration property has a value of "blink." textDecorationLineThrough Sets or retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the text in the object has a line drawn through it. textDecorationNone Sets or retrieves the Boolean value indicating whether the textDecoration property for the object has been set to none. textDecorationOverline Sets or retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the text in the object has a line drawn over it. textDecorationUnderline Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is underlined. text-indent textIndent Sets or retrieves the indentation of the first line of text in the object. -ms-text-justify textJustify Sets or retrieves the type of alignment used to justify text in the object. -ms-text-kashida-space textKashidaSpace Sets or retrieves the ratio of kashida expansion to white space expansion when justifying lines of text in the object. -ms-text-overflow textOverflow Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether to render ellipses(...) to indicate text overflow. text-transform textTransform Sets or retrieves the rendering of the text in the object. -ms-text-underline-position textUnderlinePosition Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object. top top Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the top of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy. unicode-bidi unicodeBidi Sets or retrieves the level of embedding with respect to the bidirectional algorithm. vertical-align verticalAlign Sets or retrieves the vertical alignment of the object. visibility visibility Sets or retrieves whether the content of the object is displayed. widows   widows Sets or retrieves the minimum number of lines of a paragraph that must appear at the top of a page. width width Sets or retrieves the width of the object. -ms-word-break wordBreak Sets or retrieves line-breaking behavior within words, particularly where multiple languages appear in the object. word-spacing wordSpacing Sets or retrieves the amount of additional space between words in the object. -ms-word-wrap wordWrap Sets or retrieves whether to break words when the content exceeds the boundaries of its container. -ms-writing-mode writingMode Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object. z-index zIndex Sets or retrieves the stacking order of positioned objects. -ms-zoom zoom Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

The runtimeStyle object sets and retrieves the format and style of an object, and overrides existing formats and styles in the process. Other than having precedence over the style object and not persisting, the runtimeStyle object is equivalent to the style object.

To change or clear multiple style properties simultaneously, use this object with the cssText property. For example, to change the font color and background color of a DIV element, you could use the following code:

<DIV onclick="this.runtimeStyle.cssText = 'color:red;background-color:blue;border:5px solid black;'">
Click on this DIV to change style properties.</DIV>

  Internet Explorer 8 or later. The behavior of setAttribute method depends on the current document compatibility mode. For more information, see Attribute Differences in Internet Explorer 8

Example

This example sets a value on the runtimeStyle object to affect the currentStyle object, but not the style object.

<SCRIPT>
function fnChangeValue(sValue){
   if(oDIV.runtimeStyle.backgroundColor == oDIV.style.backgroundColor){
      sValue="";
   }
   oDIV.runtimeStyle.backgroundColor = sValue;
   alert(oDIV.style.backgroundColor +
      "\n" + oDIV.currentStyle.backgroundColor +
      "\n" + oDIV.runtimeStyle.backgroundColor);
}
</SCRIPT>

<DIV ID = "oDIV">
This is a demonstration DIV.
</DIV>

<INPUT TYPE = "button" VALUE = "Change Color" onclick="fnChangeValue('blue')">

This feature requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

Applies To

A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, CUSTOM, cssText, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, Element Constructor

See Also

currentStyle