Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ oObject = ] object.parentTextEdit

Possible Values

oObject

Object that receives the supported text ranges.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

The property is an object if the parent exists; otherwise, it is null. For example, the parentTextEdit property of the body is null.

Example

This example retrieves the parent object, if needed, creates the text range, moves to the original object, and selects the first word in the object.

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
function selectWord()
{
var oSource = window.event.srcElement ;
if (!oSource.isTextEdit)
oSource = oSource.parentTextEdit;
if (oSource != null) {
var oTextRange = oSource.createTextRange();
oTextRange.moveToElementText(window.event.srcElement);
oTextRange.collapse();
oTextRange.expand("word");
oTextRange.select();
}
}
</SCRIPT>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, META, nextID, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP