Designates the ruby text for the ruby element.
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HTML information
| Closing Tag | forbidden |
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| CSS Display | inline |
DOM Information
Inheritance Hierarchy
Members
The rt object has these types of members:
Events
The rt object has these events.
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| abort |
Fires when the user aborts the download. |
| activate |
Fires when the object is set as the active element. |
| beforeactivate |
Fires immediately before the object is set as the active element. |
| blur |
Fires when the object loses the input focus. |
| change |
Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed. |
| click |
Fires when the user clicks the left mouse button on the object. |
| contextmenu |
Fires when the user clicks the right mouse button in the client area, opening the context menu. |
| dblclick |
Fires when the user double-clicks the object. |
| deactivate |
Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document. |
| dragstart |
Fires on the source object when the user starts to drag a text selection or selected object. |
| error |
Fires when an error occurs during object loading. |
| focus |
Fires when the object receives focus. |
| focusin |
Fires for an element just prior to setting focus on that element. |
| focusout |
Fires for the current element with focus immediately after moving focus to another element. |
| input |
Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface. |
| keydown |
Fires when the user presses a key. |
| keypress |
Fires when the user presses an alphanumeric key. |
| load |
Fires immediately after the client loads the object. |
| mousedown |
Fires when the user clicks the object with either mouse button. |
| mouseenter |
Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object. |
| mouseleave |
Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object. |
| mousemove |
Fires when the user moves the mouse over the object. |
| mouseout |
Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object. |
| mouseover |
Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object. |
| mouseup |
Fires when the user releases a mouse button while the mouse is over the object. |
| onbeforedeactivate |
Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document. |
| onkeyup |
Fires when the user releases a key. |
| onselect |
Fires when the current selection changes. |
| readystatechange |
Fires when the state of the object has changed. |
| reset |
Fires when the user resets a form. |
| resize |
Fires when the size of the object is about to change. |
| scroll |
Fires when the user repositions the scroll box in the scroll bar on the object. |
Methods
The rt object has these methods.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| applyElement |
Makes the element either a child or parent of another element. |
| blur |
Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event. |
| 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. |
| focus |
Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event. |
| getAttributeNode |
Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property. |
| getAttributeNodeNS |
Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name. |
| getAttributeNS |
Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace. |
| getElementsByClassName |
Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute. |
| getElementsByTagNameNS |
Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace. |
| hasAttribute |
Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists. |
| hasAttributeNS |
Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists. |
| hasAttributes |
Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object. |
| insertAdjacentHTML |
Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location. |
| insertAdjacentText |
Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location. |
| msMatchesSelector |
Determines whether an object matches the specified selector. |
| normalize |
Merges adjacent DOM objects to produce a normalized document object model. |
| removeAttributeNode |
Removes an attribute object from the object. |
| removeAttributeNS |
Removes the specified attribute from the object. |
| replaceAdjacentText |
Replaces the text adjacent to the element. |
| setActive |
Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object. |
| setAttributeNode |
Sets an attribute object node as part of the object. |
| setAttributeNodeNS |
Sets an attribute object as part of the object. |
| setAttributeNS |
Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace. |
| setCapture |
Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document. |
Properties
The rt object has these properties.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
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Sets or retrieves the access key for the object. | |
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Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit. | |
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Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object. | |
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Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects. | |
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Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup. | |
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Sets or retrieves the class of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the string that indicates whether the user can edit the content of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object. | |
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Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus. | |
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Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object. | |
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Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object. | |
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Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object. | |
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Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines. | |
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Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the language to use. | |
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Sets or retrieves the name of the object. | |
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Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. | |
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Retrieves the calculated left position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. | |
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Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object. | |
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Retrieves the calculated top position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. | |
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Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. | |
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Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML. | |
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Sets or retrieves the text of the object. | |
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Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy. | |
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Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object. | |
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Retrieves the current state of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves the role for this element. | |
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Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection. | |
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Sets an inline style for the element. | |
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Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object. | |
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Retrieves the tag name of the object. | |
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Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object. | |
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Retrieves the element's unique number. |
Standards information
Remarks
A ruby is an annotation or pronunciation guide for a string of text. The string of text annotated with a ruby is referred to as the base.
The ruby text specified by the rt element is positioned above or inline with the rubyPosition property. Browsers that do not support the rt element render the ruby text inline with the base text.
The ruby text specified by the rt element is positioned above or inline with the rubyPosition property.
Examples
This example uses the rt element to specify a string of text as an annotation or pronunciation guide to the base text.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/rt.htm
<ruby> Base Text <rt>Ruby Text </ruby>
See also
Build date: 11/28/2012
