-ms-layout-grid-mode property (Internet Explorer)

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Gets or sets whether the text layout grid uses two dimensions.

Syntax

-ms-layout-grid-mode: both | none | line | char

Property values

both: Default. Both the char and line grid modes are enabled. This setting is necessary to fully enable the layout grid on an element.
none: No grid is used.
line: Only a line grid is used. This is recommended for use with inline elements, such as a span, to disable the horizontal grid on runs of text that act as a single entity in the grid layout.
char: Only a character grid is used. This is recommended for use with block-level elements, such as a blockquote, where the line grid is intended to be disabled.

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	1
Initial Value

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer 8. The -ms-layout-grid-mode attribute is an extension to CSS, and can be used as a synonym for layout-grid-mode in IE8 Standards mode.

Web documents in Asian languages, such as Chinese or Japanese, usually create a page layout for characters using a one- or two-dimensional grid. You can use the -ms-layout-grid attribute to incorporate this layout into Web documents.

Examples

This example uses the -ms-layout-grid-mode attribute to specify character layout for a block of text.


<STYLE>
DIV.layout { layout-grid-mode: line }
</STYLE>
<DIV CLASS = "layout">
This is a block element containing a sentence of sample text.
</DIV>

-ms-layout-grid-mode property