isMultiLine Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ bMulti = ] object.isMultiLine
Possible Values
bMulti Boolean that receives one of the following values.
false The content contains exactly one line. true The content contains more than one line. The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Example
The following example shows how to use the isMultiLine property to determine whether the content of an object can contain only one line or multiple lines of text.
<HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT> function answer(arg) { arg ? alert("Yes") : alert("No"); } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <P>INPUT: <INPUT type="text" ID="oInput" VALUE="oInput"/> <BUTTON onclick="answer(oInput.isMultiLine);"> Can the INPUT contain more than one line?</BUTTON> </P> <P>TEXTAREA: <TEXTAREA ID="oTextarea">oTextarea</TEXTAREA> <BUTTON onclick="answer(oTextarea.isMultiLine);"> Can the TEXTAREA contain more than one line?</BUTTON> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this property.
Applies To
defaults, 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, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, NOBR, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, styleSheet, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, WBR, XML, XMP