posLeft property

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

Sets or retrieves the left position of the object in the units specified by the left attribute.

Syntax

Integer value = object.put_posLeft(Floating-point v);Integer value = object.get_posLeft(Floating-point* iLeft);

Property values

Type: float

Any valid floating-point number that uses the same CSS Values and Units Reference as the left attribute.

String format

float

CSS information

Remarks

This property reflects the value of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) left attribute for positioned items. This property always returns zero for nonpositioned items because "left" has meaning only when the object is positioned. If the left attribute is not set, the posLeft property returns zero. Use the offsetLeft property to calculate actual positions within the document area.

Setting this property changes the value of the left position but leaves the units designator for the property unchanged.

Unlike the left property, the posLeft property value is a floating-point number, not a string.

For more information about how to access the dimension and location of elements on the page through the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) Document Object Model (DOM), see Measuring Element Dimension and Location with CSSOM in Internet Explorer 9.

Requirements

See also

pixelLeft

Build date: 1/23/2012