Retrieves the current state of the object.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ vState = ] object.readyState

Possible Values

vState

Variant that receives one of the following values. uninitialized Object is not initialized with data. loading Object is loading its data. loaded Object has finished loading its data. interactive User can interact with the object even though it is not fully loaded. complete Object is completely initialized.

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

Remarks

The states through which an object passes are determined by that object; an object can skip certain states (for example, interactive) if those states do not apply to that object.

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, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, namespace, nextID, NOBR, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TEXTAREA, TITLE, TT, U, UL, VAR, XML, XMP