Sets or retrieves whether the text of the object is in small capital letters.
Syntax
| HTML |
{ font-variant : sVariant }
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| Scripting | [ sVariant = ] object.style.fontVariant |
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Possible Values
| sVariant | String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.| normal | Default. Font is normal. | small-caps | Font is in small capital letters. |
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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
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
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 renders small-caps as uppercase letters in a smaller size.
Examples
The following examples use the font-variant attribute and the fontVariant property to change the font to small capitals.
This example uses P as a selector in an embedded (global) style sheet to set the font style to small-caps in all paragraphs.
<P STYLE="font-variant:small-caps">
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This example uses inline scripting to set the font style to small-caps when an onmousedown event occurs.
<DIV onmousedown="this.style.fontVariant='small-caps'">
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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,
SMALL,
SPAN,
STRIKE,
STRONG,
style,
SUB,
SUP,
TABLE,
TBODY,
TD,
TEXTAREA,
TFOOT,
TH,
THEAD,
TR,
TT,
U,
UL,
VAR,
XMP |
See Also
font
