canhavehtml attribute | canHaveHTML property (Internet Explorer)

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Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.

Syntax

HTML	`<element canhavehtml="p" ... >`
JavaScript	`p = object.canHaveHTML`

Property values

Type: Boolean

false (false): Object cannot contain HTML markup.
true (true): Object can contain HTML markup.

Remarks

The property is read-only for all objects except the following, for which it is read-write: defaults.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the canHaveHTML property to determine whether an object can contain HTML markup.

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


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
  function answer(arg) {
    arg ? alert("Yes") : alert("No");
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <p>Input: <input type="text" id="oInput" value="oInput" /></p>
  <p><button onclick="answer(oInput.canHaveHTML);">
      Can the INPUT contain HTML?
     </button>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>Span: <span id="oSpan">oSpan</span></p>
  <p><button onclick="answer(oSpan.canHaveHTML);">
      Can the SPAN contain HTML?
     </button></p>

</body>
</html>

canhavehtml attribute | canHaveHTML property

Syntax

Property values

Remarks

Examples

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