hasLayout Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves a value that indicates whether the object has layout.
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ sHasLayout = ] object.currentStyle.hasLayout
Possible Values
sHasLayout Boolean that receives one of the following values.
false Default. Object does not have layout. true Object has layout. The property is read-only. The property has a default value of false. The Microsoft Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) extension is not inherited.
Remarks
The following table shows Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) properties and corresponding values that, if set, cause an element to have layout.
CSS property Value display inline-block height any value float left or right position absolute width any value writing-mode tb-rl zoom any value As of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6, when the !DOCTYPE declaration specifies strict standards compliance, inline elements will ignore the width and height properties, and setting the width and height properties will not cause the element to have layout.
Setting the contentEditable property to true will cause an element to have layout.
Example
The following example shows how to use the hasLayout property to determine whether an object has layout.
<DIV ID="oWidthSet" STYLE="width:100%"> DIV element A has its width set to 100%.</DIV> <DIV ID="oNotSet">DIV element B is not positioned, and neither its height nor width is set.</DIV> <P>Which DIV element has layout?</P> <BUTTON onclick="alert(oWidthSet.currentStyle.hasLayout)"> DIV Element A</BUTTON> <BUTTON onclick="alert(oNotSet.currentStyle.hasLayout)"> DIV Element B</BUTTON>
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this property.
Applies To
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, currentStyle, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, hn, I, IMG, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP