ruby-overhang Attribute | rubyOverhang

HTML (DHTML)

ruby-overhang Attribute | rubyOverhang Property

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Sets or retrieves the position of the ruby text specified by the rt object.

Syntax

HTML { ruby-overhang : sRubyOverhang }
Scriptingobject.style.rubyOverhang [ = sRubyOverhang ]

Possible Values

sRubyOverhangString that specifies or receives one of the following values:
autoDefault. Ruby text overhangs any other text adjacent to the base text.
whitespaceRuby text overhangs only white-space characters.
noneRuby text overhangs only text adjacent to its base.

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of auto. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

The rubyOverhang property specifies the overhang of the ruby text defined by the rt object, and is set on the ruby object.

Example

This example uses the ruby-overhang attribute and the rubyOverhang property to set the overhang of the ruby text. It uses an inline style sheet to set the ruby-overhang attribute to none.

<RUBY ID=oRuby STYLE = "ruby-overhang: none">
Ruby base.
<RT>Ruby text.
</RUBY>
<INPUT
TYPE=button VALUE="Whitespace"
onclick="oRuby.style.rubyOverhang='whitespace';"
>
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Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3) Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

currentStyle, RUBY, runtimeStyle, style

See Also

rubyAlign, rubyPosition