Sets or retrieves the distance between lines in the object.
Syntax
| HTML |
{ line-height : sHeight }
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| Scripting | [ sHeight = ] object.style.lineHeight |
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Possible Values
| sHeight | String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.| normal | Default. Default height. | | height | Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, or pc) or a relative units designator (em, ex, or px). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units Reference. | | percentage | Integer, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage of the height of the parent object. |
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The property is read/write
for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only:
currentStyle.
The property has a default value of
normal. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is
not inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
Line height is the distance between the descender of the font and the top of the internal leading of the font.
If a formatted line contains more than one object, the maximum line height applies. In this case, negative values are not allowed.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 supports the line-height attribute through the font attribute.
Examples
The following examples use the line-height attribute and the lineHeight property to control the height of paragraph lines.
This example uses p and blockQuote as selectors in an embedded (global) style sheet to change the distance between the lines in all p and blockQuote objects.
<STYLE>
P { line-height:8mm}
BLOCKQUOTE { line-height:4mm }
</STYLE>
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
This example uses inline scripting to set the distance between lines when an onmouseover event occurs.
<DIV STYLE="font-size:14" >
:
</DIV>
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) 
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Applies To
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A,
ADDRESS,
B,
BIG,
BLOCKQUOTE,
BODY,
BUTTON,
CAPTION,
CENTER,
CITE,
CODE,
COL,
COLGROUP,
currentStyle,
CUSTOM,
DD,
defaults,
DFN,
DIR,
DIV,
DL,
DT,
EM,
FIELDSET,
FORM,
hn,
HTML,
I,
IMG,
INPUT type=button,
INPUT type=checkbox,
INPUT type=file,
INPUT type=image,
INPUT type=password,
INPUT type=radio,
INPUT type=reset,
INPUT type=submit,
INPUT type=text,
ISINDEX,
KBD,
LABEL,
LEGEND,
LI,
LISTING,
MARQUEE,
MENU,
OL,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
runtimeStyle,
S,
SAMP,
SELECT,
SMALL,
SPAN,
STRIKE,
STRONG,
style,
SUB,
SUP,
TABLE,
TBODY,
TD,
TEXTAREA,
TFOOT,
TH,
THEAD,
TR,
TT,
U,
UL,
VAR,
XMP |