layoutFlow property

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05/02/2017

Specifies the direction and flow of the content in the object.

Syntax

HRESULT value = object.put_layoutFlow( v);HRESULT value = object.get_layoutFlow(* p);

Property values

Type: BSTR

horizontal (horizontal)

Default. Content in the object flows from left to right, and the next horizontal line is positioned underneath the previous line. This layout is used in most Roman-based documents.

vertical-ideographic (vertical-ideographic)

Content in the object flows from top to bottom, and the next vertical line appears to the left of the previous one. This layout is used in East Asian typography.

String format

horizontal | vertical-ideographic

CSS information

Applies To	All elements
Media	visual
Inherited	1
Initial Value

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer 8. The IHTMLStyle3::layoutFlow attribute is an extension to CSS, and can be used as a synonym for layout-flow in IE8 Standards mode.

This is a deprecated property; use the IHTMLStyle3::writingMode property instead.

This property is read-only for the IHTMLCurrentStyle2 interface.

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows XP
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server
Header	Mshtml.h
IDL	Mshtml.idl
DLL	Mshtml.dll