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Properties
 outline Property
outline Attribute | outline Property
New for Windows Internet Explorer 8
Note: This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.

Sets or retrieves the color, style, and width of the outline frame.

Syntax

HTML { outline : sOutline }
Scripting[ sOutline = ] object.style.outline [ = v ]

Possible Values

sOutlineString that specifies or receives one or more of the following space-delimited values:
color Any of the range of color values available to the outlineColor property.
style Any of the range of style values available to the outlineStyle property.
width Any of the range of width values available to the outlineWidth property.

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 none medium. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Remarks

Displaying an outline does not cause reflow, no matter how wide the outline is. The outline frame is drawn over an element, and does not influence the position or size of the box, or of any other boxes.

This property requires Internet Explorer to be in IE8 mode rendering.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS2.1) World Wide Web link.

Applies To

currentStyle, runtimeStyle, style, A, ABBR, ACRONYM, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, 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, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, NOBR, OBJECT, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

See Also

outlineColor, outlineStyle, outlineWidth
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