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Members Table

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

Attributes/Properties

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Attribute Property Description 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. canHaveHTML Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup. CLASS className Sets or retrieves the class of the object. clientHeight Retrieves the height of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar. clientLeft Retrieves the distance between the offsetLeft property and the true left side of the client area. clientTop Retrieves the distance between the offsetTop property and the true top of the client area. clientWidth Retrieves the width of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar. CONTENTEDITABLE contentEditable Sets or retrieves the string that indicates whether the user can edit the content of the object. counter-increment   counterIncrement Sets or retrieves a list of counters to increment. counter-reset   counterReset Sets or retrieves a list of counters to create or reset to zero. DIR dir Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object. HEIGHT height Sets or retrieves the height of the object. 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. -ms-box-sizing   msBoxSizing Sets or retrieves the box model to use for object sizing. 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. parentElement Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy. parentTextEdit Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original 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. scrollHeight Retrieves the scrolling height of the object. scrollLeft Sets or retrieves the distance between the left edge of the object and the leftmost portion of the content currently visible in the window. scrollTop Sets or retrieves the distance between the top of the object and the topmost portion of the content currently visible in the window. scrollWidth Retrieves the scrolling width of the object. sourceIndex Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection. tagName Retrieves the tag name of the object. tagUrn Sets or gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration. uniqueID Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object. UNSELECTABLE Specifies that an element cannot be selected. 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. Collection Description behaviorUrns Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element. Event Description onbeforeactivate Fires immediately before the object is set as the active element. onbeforecopy Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard. onbeforecut Fires on the source object before the selection is deleted from the 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. onbeforepaste Fires on the target object before the selection is pasted from the system clipboard to the document. onclick Fires when the user clicks the left mouse button on the object. oncontextmenu Fires when the user clicks the right mouse button in the client area, opening the context menu. oncopy Fires on the source element when the user copies the object or selection, adding it to the system clipboard. oncut Fires on the source element when the object or selection is removed from the document and added to the system clipboard. ondblclick Fires when the user double-clicks the object. ondrag Fires on the source object continuously during a drag operation. ondragend Fires on the source object when the user releases the mouse at the close of a drag operation. ondragenter Fires on the target element when the user drags the object to a valid drop target. ondragleave Fires on the target object when the user moves the mouse out of a valid drop target during a drag operation. ondragover Fires on the target element continuously while the user drags the object over a valid drop target. ondragstart Fires on the source object when the user starts to drag a text selection or selected object. ondrop Fires on the target object when the mouse button is released during a drag-and-drop operation. onfocusin Fires for an element just prior to setting focus on that element. onfocusout Fires for the current element with focus immediately after moving focus to another element. onhelp Fires when the user presses the F1 key while the browser is the active window. onkeydown Fires when the user presses a key. onkeypress Fires when the user presses an alphanumeric key. onkeyup Fires when the user releases a key. onlosecapture Fires when the object loses the mouse capture. onmouseenter Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object. onmouseleave Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object. onmousemove Fires when the user moves the mouse over the object. onmouseover Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object. onmouseup Fires when the user releases a mouse button while the mouse is over the object. onmousewheel Fires when the wheel button is rotated. onpaste Fires on the target object when the user pastes data, transferring the data from the system clipboard to the document. onpropertychange Fires when a property changes on the object. onreadystatechange Fires when the state of the object has changed. onselectstart Fires when the object is being selected. 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. Method Description addBehavior Attaches a behavior to the element. attachEvent Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object. click Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire. componentFromPoint Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events. contains Checks whether the given element is contained within the object. 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. getAttribute   Retrieves the value of the specified attribute. 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. getExpression Retrieves the expression for the given property. hasAttribute   Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists. insertAdjacentHTML Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location. insertAdjacentText Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location. normalize Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model. querySelector   Retrieves the first Document Object Model (DOM) element node from descendants of the starting element node that match any selector within the supplied selector string. querySelectorAll   Retrieves all DOM element nodes from descendants of the starting element node that match any selector within the supplied selector strings. releaseCapture Removes mouse capture from the object in the current document. removeAttribute   Removes the given attribute from the object. removeAttribute Removes the given attribute from the object. removeAttributeNode Removes an attribute object from the object. removeBehavior Detaches a behavior from the element. removeExpression Removes the expression from the specified property. scrollIntoView Causes the object to scroll into view, aligning it either at the top or bottom of the window. setAttribute   Sets the value of the specified attribute. setAttribute Sets the value of the specified attribute. setAttributeNode Sets an attribute object node as part of the object. setCapture Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document. setExpression Sets an expression for the specified object. 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. Style attribute Style property Description :after   :after Defines generated content that appears after an element. :before   :before Defines generated content that appears before an element. background background Sets or retrieves up to five separate background properties of the object. background-color backgroundColor Sets or retrieves the color behind the content of the object. background-image backgroundImage Sets or retrieves the background image of the object. 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. background-repeat backgroundRepeat Sets or retrieves how the backgroundImage property of the object is tiled. 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. color color Sets or retrieves the color of the text of the object. content   content Sets or retrieves generated content to insert before or after an element. 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. font font Sets or retrieves a combination of separate font properties of the object. Alternatively, sets or retrieves one or more of six user-preference fonts. hasLayout Gets a value that indicates whether the object has layout. height height Sets or retrieves the height of 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. 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. visibility visibility Sets or retrieves whether the content of the object is displayed. 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. zoom zoom Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

This element is not rendered.

This element requires a closing tag.

Example

This example uses the NOBR element to prevent text lines from breaking.

<NOBR>Here's a line of text I don't want to be broken . . . 
here's the end of the line.</NOBR>

Standards Information

This object is an extension to HTML .