nextID Object

Creates unique identifiers that text editing software can read.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the nextID object.
Attributes/Properties

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.
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.
CLASS className Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
firstChild Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection 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.
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.
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.
tagName Retrieves the tag name of the object.
tagUrn Sets or gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
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.

Collections

Collection Description
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.
filters Retrieves the collection of filters that have been applied to the object.

Events

Event Description
onbeforeactivate Fires immediately before the object is set as the active element.
onbeforecut Fires on the source object before the selection is deleted from the document.
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.
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.
ondragstart Fires on the source object when the user starts to drag a text selection or selected object.
onfilterchange Fires when a visual filter changes state or completes a transition.
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.
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.
onreadystatechange Fires when the state of the object has changed.
onselectstart Fires when the object is being selected.

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.
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.
contains Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
fireEvent Fires a specified event on the object.
getAdjacentText Returns the adjacent text string.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
swapNode Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Styles

Style attribute Style property Description
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.
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.
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-underline-position textUnderlinePosition Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.

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.
	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.
CLASS	className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
	firstChild	Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection 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.
	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.
	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.
	tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
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
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.
filters	Retrieves the collection of filters that have been applied to the object.

Event	Description
onbeforeactivate	Fires immediately before the object is set as the active element.
onbeforecut	Fires on the source object before the selection is deleted from the document.
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.
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.
ondragstart	Fires on the source object when the user starts to drag a text selection or selected object.
onfilterchange	Fires when a visual filter changes state or completes a transition.
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.
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.
onreadystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
onselectstart	Fires when the object is being selected.

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.
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.
contains	Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Style attribute	Style property	Description
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.
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.
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-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.

Remarks

This element can be used only within the head element.

Standards Information

This object is deprecated in HTML .

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