Specifies text that has been inserted into the document.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the ins object.

Attributes/Properties

Attribute	Property	Description
ACCESSKEY	accessKey	Sets or retrieves the accelerator key for the object.
	ariaBusy	Sets or retrieves the busy state of this element.
	ariaChecked	Sets or retrieves the checked state of this element.
	ariaDisabled	Sets or retrieves the disabled state of this element.
	ariaExpanded	Sets or retrieves the expanded state of this element.
	ariaHaspopup	Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether this element may display a pop-up window.
	ariaHidden	Sets or retrieves the hidden state of this element.
	ariaInvalid	Sets or retrieves the invalid state of this element.
	ariaLevel	Sets or retrieves the level of this element.
	ariaMultiselect	Sets or retrieves the multiple-selection state of this element.
	ariaPosinset	Sets or retrieves the current position of an item within a set.
	ariaPressed	Sets or retrieves the pressed state of a button that can be toggled.
	ariaReadonly	Sets or retrieves the read-only state of this element.
	ariaRequired	Sets or retrieves the form-completion requirement of this element.
	ariaSecret	Sets or retrieves the secret state of this element.
	ariaSelected	Sets or retrieves the selection state of this element.
	ariaSetsize	Sets or retrieves the set size of this element.
ATOMICSELECTION		Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
	attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
	canHaveChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.
	canHaveHTML	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
CITE	cite	Sets or retrieves reference information about the object.
CLASS	className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
CONTENTEDITABLE	contentEditable	Sets or retrieves the string that indicates whether the user can edit the content of the object.
DATETIME	dateTime	Sets or retrieves the date and time of a modification to the object.
DIR	dir	Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object.
	firstChild	Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
HIDEFOCUS	hideFocus	Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus.
ID	id	Retrieves the string identifying the object.
	innerHTML	Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object.
	innerText	Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object.
	isContentEditable	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
	isDisabled	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
	isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
	isTextEdit	Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object.
LANG	lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
LANGUAGE	language	Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written.
	lastChild	Retrieves a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
	nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
	nodeName	Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.
	nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
	nodeValue	Sets or retrieves the value of a node.
	offsetHeight	Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	offsetLeft	Retrieves the calculated left position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	offsetParent	Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
	offsetTop	Retrieves the calculated top position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	offsetWidth	Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
	outerText	Sets or retrieves the text of the object.
	ownerDocument	Retrieves the document object associated with the node.
	parentElement	Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy.
	parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
	parentTextEdit	Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object.
	previousSibling	Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
	readyState	Retrieves the current state of the object.
	role	Sets or retrieves the role for this element.
	scopeName	Gets the namespace defined for the element.
	sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
STYLE		Sets an inline style for the element.
TABINDEX	tabIndex	Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object.
	tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
TITLE	title	Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.
	uniqueID	Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object.
UNSELECTABLE		Specifies that an element cannot be selected.

Behaviors

Behavior	Description
clientCaps	Provides information about features supported by Internet Explorer, as well as a way for installing browser components on demand.
download	Downloads a file and notifies a specified callback function when the download is complete.
homePage	Contains information about a user's homepage.
time	Provides an active timeline for an HTML element.
time2	Provides an active timeline for an HTML element or group of elements.

Collections

Collection	Description
all	Returns a reference to the collection of elements contained by the object.
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
behaviorUrns	Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element.
childNodes	Retrieves a collection of HTML Elements and TextNode objects that are direct descendants of the specified object.
children	Retrieves a collection of DHTML Objects that are direct descendants of the object.

Events

Event	Description
onactivate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onbeforeeditfocus	Fires before an object contained in an editable element enters a UI-activated state or when an editable container object is control selected.
onblur	Fires when the object loses the input focus.
oncontrolselect	Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object.
ondeactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onfocus	Fires when the object receives focus.
onmove	Fires when the object moves.
onmoveend	Fires when the object stops moving.
onmovestart	Fires when the object starts to move.
onreadystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
onresizeend	Fires when the user finishes changing the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
onresizestart	Fires when the user begins to change the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
ontimeerror	Fires whenever a time-specific error occurs, usually as a result of setting a property to an invalid value.

Filters

Filter property	Description
Alpha	Adjusts the opacity of the content of the object.
AlphaImageLoader	Displays an image within the boundaries of the object and between the object background and content, with options to clip or resize the image. When loading a Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image, tranparency—from zero to 100 percent—is supported.
Barn	Reveals new content of the object with a motion that resembles doors opening or closing.
BasicImage	Adjusts the color processing, image rotation, or opacity of the content of the object.
BlendTrans	Reveals new content of the object by fading the original content.
Blinds	Reveals new content of the object with a motion that appears to open or close blinds.
Blur	Blurs the content of the object so that it appears out of focus.
CheckerBoard	Reveals new content of the object by uncovering squares placed like a checkerboard over the original content.
Chroma	Displays a specific color of the content of the object as transparent.
Compositor	Displays new content of the object as a logical color combination of the new and original content. The color and alpha values of each version of the content are evaluated to determine the final color on the output image.
DropShadow	Creates a solid silhouette of the content of the object, offset in the specified direction. This creates the illusion that the content is floating and casting a shadow.
Emboss	Displays the content of the object as an embossed texture using grayscale values.
Engrave	Displays the content of the object as an engraved texture using grayscale values.
Fade	Reveals new content of the object by fading out the original content.
FlipH	Displays the content of the object flipped across the horizontal axis.
FlipV	Displays the content of the object flipped across the vertical axis.
Glow	Adds radiance around the outside edges of the content of the object so that it appears to glow.
Gradient	Displays a colored surface between the object's background and content.
GradientWipe	Reveals new content of the object by passing a gradient band over the original content.
Gray	Displays the content of the object in grayscale.
ICMFilter	Converts the color content of the object based on an Image Color Management (ICM) profile. This enables improved display of specific content, or simulated display for hardware devices, such as printers or monitors.
Inset	Reveals new content of the object diagonally.
Invert	Reverses the hue, saturation, and brightness values of the content of the object.
Iris	Reveals new content of the object with an iris effect, similar to the opening of a camera aperture.
Light	Creates the effect of a light shining on the content of the object.
MaskFilter	Displays transparent pixels of the object content as a color mask, and makes the nontransparent pixels transparent.
Matrix	Resizes, rotates, or reverses the content of the object using matrix transformation.
MotionBlur	Causes the content of the object to appear to be in motion.
Pixelate	Displays the content of the object as colored squares that take the average color value of the pixels they replace. This filtered display can be used as a transition.
RadialWipe	Reveals new content of the object with a radial wipe, like a windshield-wiper blade.
RandomBars	Reveals new content of the object by exposing random lines of pixels.
RandomDissolve	Reveals new content of the object by exposing random pixels.
Redirect	Not currently supported.
RevealTrans	Reveals new content of the object using one of 24 predefined Transition effects.
Shadow	Creates a solid silhouette of the content of the object, offset in the specified direction. This creates the illusion of a shadow.
Slide	Reveals new content of the object by sliding sections of the image into place.
Spiral	Reveals new content of the object with a spiral motion.
Stretch	Reveals new content of the object with a stretching motion to cover the original content. One option resembles a cube rotating from one face to another.
Strips	Reveals new content of the object by moving successive strips into place, like a diagonal saw blade passing across the original content.
Wave	Performs a sine wave distortion of the content of the object along the vertical axis.
Wheel	Reveals new content of the object with a rotating motion, like spokes of a wheel covering the original content.
Xray	Changes the color depth of the content of the object and displays it in black and white.
Zigzag	Reveals new content of the object with a forward and back motion that moves down the object.

Methods

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
appendChild	Appends an element as a child to the object.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
attachEvent	Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object.
blur	Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
detachEvent	Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
focus	Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Gets an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getBoundingClientRect	Retrieves an object that specifies the bounds of a collection of TextRectangle objects.
getClientRects	Retrieves a collection of rectangles that describes the layout of the contents of an object or range within the client. Each rectangle describes a single line.
getElementsByTagName	Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name.
getExpression	Retrieves the expression for the given property.
hasAttribute	Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists.
hasChildNodes	Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertBefore	Inserts an element into the document hierarchy as a child node of a parent object.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
normalize	Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model.
removeAttribute	Removes the given attribute from the object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeExpression	Removes the expression from the specified property.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setExpression	Sets an expression for the specified object.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Objects

Object	Description
currentStyle	Represents the cascaded format and style of the object as specified by global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.
runtimeStyle	Represents the cascaded format and style of the object that overrides the format and style specified in global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.
style	Represents the current settings of all possible inline styles for a given element.

Styles

Style attribute	Style property	Description
ACCELERATOR	accelerator	Sets or retrieves a string that indicates whether the object contains an accelerator key.
background-position-x	backgroundPositionX	Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property.
background-position-y	backgroundPositionY	Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property.
behavior	behavior	Sets or retrieves the location of the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behavior.
border	border	Sets or retrieves the properties to draw around the object.
border-bottom	borderBottom	Sets or retrieves the properties of the bottom border of the object.
border-bottom-color	borderBottomColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the bottom border of the object.
border-bottom-style	borderBottomStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the bottom border of the object.
border-bottom-width	borderBottomWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the bottom border of the object.
border-color	borderColor	Sets or retrieves the border color of the object.
border-left	borderLeft	Sets or retrieves the properties of the left border of the object.
border-left-color	borderLeftColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the left border of the object.
border-left-style	borderLeftStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the left border of the object.
border-left-width	borderLeftWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the left border of the object.
border-right	borderRight	Sets or retrieves the properties of the right border of the object.
border-right-color	borderRightColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the right border of the object.
border-right-style	borderRightStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the right border of the object.
border-right-width	borderRightWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the right border of the object.
border-style	borderStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object.
border-top	borderTop	Sets or retrieves the properties of the top border of the object.
border-top-color	borderTopColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the top border of the object.
border-top-style	borderTopStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the top border of the object.
border-top-width	borderTopWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the top border of the object.
border-width	borderWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object.
direction	direction	Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object.
display	display	Sets or retrieves whether the object is rendered.
filter	filter	Sets or retrieves the filter or collection of filters applied to the object.
	hasLayout	Gets a value that indicates whether the object has layout.
height	height	Sets or retrieves the height of the object.
layout-flow	layoutFlow	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
layout-grid	layoutGrid	Sets or retrieves the composite document grid properties that specify the layout of text characters.
layout-grid-mode	layoutGridMode	Sets or retrieves whether the text layout grid uses two dimensions.
margin	margin	Sets or retrieves the width of the top, right, bottom, and left margins of the object.
margin-bottom	marginBottom	Sets or retrieves the height of the bottom margin of the object.
margin-left	marginLeft	Sets or retrieves the width of the left margin of the object.
margin-right	marginRight	Sets or retrieves the width of the right margin of the object.
margin-top	marginTop	Sets or retrieves the height of the top margin of the object.
max-height	maxHeight	Sets or retrieves the maximum height for an element.
max-width	maxWidth	Sets or retrieves the maximum width for an element.
min-height	minHeight	Sets or retrieves the minimum height for an element.
min-width	minWidth	Sets or retrieves the minimum width for an element.
outline	outline	Sets or retrieves the color, style, and width of the outline frame.
outline-color	outlineColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the outline frame.
outline-style	outlineStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the outline frame.
outline-width	outlineWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the outline frame.
overflow	overflow	Sets or retrieves a value indicating how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height or width of the object.
overflow-x	overflowX	Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the width of the object.
overflow-y	overflowY	Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height of the object.
padding	padding	Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the object and its margin or, if there is a border, between the object and its border.
padding-bottom	paddingBottom	Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the bottom border of the object and the content.
padding-left	paddingLeft	Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the left border of the object and the content.
padding-right	paddingRight	Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the right border of the object and the content.
padding-top	paddingTop	Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the top border of the object and the content.
	pixelBottom	Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object.
	pixelHeight	Sets or retrieves the height of the object.
	pixelLeft	Sets or retrieves the left position of the object.
	pixelRight	Sets or retrieves the right position of the object.
	pixelTop	Sets or retrieves the top position of the object.
	pixelWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the object.
	posBottom	Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in the units specified by the bottom attribute.
	posHeight	Sets or retrieves the height of the object in the units specified by the height attribute.
	posLeft	Sets or retrieves the left position of the object in the units specified by the left attribute.
	posRight	Sets or retrieves the right position of the object in the units specified by the right attribute.
	posTop	Sets or retrieves the top position of the object in the units specified by the top attribute.
	posWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the object in the units specified by the width attribute.
text-autospace	textAutospace	Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
text-overflow	textOverflow	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether to render ellipses(...) to indicate text overflow.
text-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.
unicode-bidi	unicodeBidi	Sets or retrieves the level of embedding with respect to the bidirectional algorithm.
white-space	whiteSpace	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether lines are automatically broken inside the object.
width	width	Sets or retrieves the width of the object.
word-wrap	wordWrap	Sets or retrieves whether to break words when the content exceeds the boundaries of its container.
writing-mode	writingMode	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
zoom	zoom	Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

Text contained by the INS element is rendered underlined.

This element is an inline element.

This element requires a closing tag.

Example

This example uses the INS element to specify text inserted into a document.

<INS datetime="1997-10-01T12:15:30-05:00">This text has been inserted.</INS>

Standards Information

This object is defined in HTML 4.0 .

See Also

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