clientLeft

HTML (DHTML)

clientLeft Property

Internet Development Index

Retrieves the distance between the offsetLeft property and the true left side of the client area.

Syntax

HTMLN/A
Scripting[ iDistance = ] object.clientLeft

Possible Values

iDistanceInteger that receives the described distance, in pixels.

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

Remarks

The difference between the offsetLeft and clientLeft properties is the border of the object.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, CUSTOM, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, META, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

Measuring Element Dimension and Location