defaults object

Programmatically sets default properties on an element behavior.

Members

The defaults object has these types of members:

Properties

Properties

The defaults object has these properties.

Property	Access type	Description
accelerator		Sets or retrieves a string that indicates whether the object represents a keyboard shortcut.
background		Specifies up to five separate background properties of an object.
backgroundAttachment		Specifies how the background image (or images) is attached to the object within the document.
backgroundClip		Specifies the background painting area or areas relative to the element's bounding boxes.
backgroundColor		Specifies the color behind the content of the object.
backgroundImage		Specifies the background image or images of the object.
backgroundOrigin		Specifies the positioning area of an element or multiple elements.
backgroundPosition		Specifies the position of the background of the object.
backgroundPositionX		Specifies the x-coordinate of the background-position property.
backgroundPositionY		Specifies the y-coordinate of the background-position property.
backgroundRepeat		Specifies whether and how the background image (or images) is tiled.
backgroundSize		Specifies the size of the background images.
behavior		Sets or retrieves the location of the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) behaviorDHTML Behaviors.
border		Specifies the properties of a border drawn around an object.
borderBottom		Specifies the properties of the bottom border of the object.
borderBottomColor		Specifies the foreground color of the bottom border of an object.
borderBottomLeftRadius		Specifies the radii of the quarter ellipse that defines the shape of the lower-left corner for the outer border edge of the current box.
borderBottomRightRadius		Sets or retrieves one or two values that define the radii of the quarter ellipse that defines the shape of the lower-right corner for the outer border edge of the current box.
borderBottomStyle		Specifies the style of the bottom border of the object.
borderBottomWidth		Specifies the thickness of the bottom border of the object.
borderColor		Specifies the border color of the object.
borderLeft		Specifies the properties of the left border of the object.
borderLeftColor		Specifies the foreground color of the left border of an object.
borderLeftStyle		Sets or retrieves the style of the left border of the object.
borderLeftWidth		Specifies the thickness of the left border of the object.
borderRadius		Specifies the radii of a quarter ellipse that defines the shape of the corners for the outer border edge of the current box.
borderRight		Specifies the properties of the right border of the object.
borderRightColor		Specifies the foreground color of the right border of an object.
borderRightStyle		Specifies the style of the right border of the object.
borderRightWidth		Specifies the thickness of the right border of the object.
borderStyle		Specifies the style of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object.
borderTop		Specifies the properties of the top border of the object.
borderTopColor		Specifies the foreground color of the top border of an object.
borderTopLeftRadius		Sets or retrieves one or two values that define the radii of the quarter ellipse that defines the shape of the upper-left corner for the outer border edge of the current box.
borderTopRightRadius		Sets or retrieves one or two values that define the radii of the quarter ellipse that defines the shape of the upper-right corner for the outer border edge of the current box.
borderTopStyle		Specifies the style of the top border of the object.
borderTopWidth		Specifies the thickness of the top border of the object.
borderWidth		Specifies the thicknesses of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of an object.
bottom		Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in relation to the bottom of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
boxShadow		Specifies one or more set of shadow values that attaches one or more drop shadows to the current box.
canHaveHTML		Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
clear		Specifies whether the object allows floating objects on its left side, right side, or both, so that the next text displays past the floating objects.
clip	Read/write	Specifies which part of a positioned object is visible.
color		The foreground color of the text of an object.
constructor		Returns a reference to the constructor of an object.
contentEditable		Sets or retrieves the string that indicates whether the user can edit the content of the object.
cursor		Specifies the type of cursor to display as the mouse pointer moves over the object.
direction		Specifies the reading order of the object.
display		Gets or sets a value that indicates whether and how the object is rendered.
font		Specifies a combination of separate font properties of the object. Alternatively, sets or retrieves one or more of six user-preference fonts.
fontFamily		Specifies the name of the font used for text in the object.
fontSize		Specifies a value that indicates the font size used for text in the object.
fontStretch		Specifies a value that indicates a normal, condensed, or expanded face of a font family.
fontStyle		Specifies the font style of the object as italic, normal, or oblique.
fontVariant		Specifies whether the text of the object is in small capital letters.
fontWeight		Gets the numeric weight of the font of the object.
fontWeight		Specifies the weight of the font of the object.
isMultiLine		Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
layoutGrid		Specifies the composite document grid properties that specify the layout of text characters.
layoutGridMode		Specifies whether the text layout grid uses two dimensions.
left		Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the left edge of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
letterSpacing		Specifies the amount of additional space between letters in the object.
lineHeight		Sets or retrieves the distance between lines in the object.
margin		Sets or retrieves the width of the top, right, bottom, and left margins of the object.
marginBottom		Sets or retrieves the height of the bottom margin of the object.
marginLeft		Sets or retrieves the width of the left margin of the object.
marginRight		Sets or retrieves the width of the right margin of the object.
marginTop		Sets or retrieves the height of the top margin of the object.
msBlockProgression		Specifies the block progression and layout orientation.
msProgressAppearance	Read/write	This property is obsolete. Use animation-name instead.
opacity		Gets or sets a value that specifies object or group opacity in CSS or SVG.
overflow		Sets or retrieves a value indicating how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height or width of the object.
overflowX		Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the width of the object.
overflowY		Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height of the object.
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.
paddingBottom		Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the bottom border of the object and the content.
paddingLeft		Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the left border of the object and the content.
paddingRight		Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the right border of the object and the content.
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.
position		Sets or retrieves the type of positioning used for the object.
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.
scrollbar3dLightColor		Specifies the color of the top and left edges of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar.
scrollbarArrowColor		Specifies the color of the arrow elements of a scroll arrow.
scrollbarBaseColor		Specifies the base color of the main elements of a scroll bar.
scrollbarDarkShadowColor		Specifies the color of the gutter of a scroll bar.
scrollbarFaceColor		Specifies the color of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar.
scrollbarHighlightColor		Specifies the color of the slider tray, and the top and left edges of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar.
scrollbarShadowColor		Specifies the color of the bottom and right edges of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar.
scrollbarTrackColor		Specifies the color of the track element of a scroll bar.
styleFloat		Sets or retrieves on which side of the object the text will flow.
tabStop		Sets or retrieves whether an element behavior can receive focus and participate in the tabbing sequence.
textAutospace		Specifies the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
textDecoration		Specifies a value that indicates whether the text in the object has blink, line-through, overline, or underline decorations.
textDecorationBlink		Sets or retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the object's textDecoration property has a value of "blink." This property is not supported for Windows Store apps using JavaScript.
textDecorationLineThrough		Sets or retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the text in the object has a line drawn through it.
textDecorationNone		Sets or retrieves the Boolean value indicating whether the textDecoration property for the object has been set to none.
textDecorationOverline		Sets or retrieves a Boolean value indicating whether the text in the object has a line drawn over it.
textDecorationUnderline		Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is underlined.
textOverflow		Specifies a value that indicates whether to render ellipses (...) to indicate text overflow.
textTransform		Specifies the rendering of the text in the object.
top		Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the top of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
unicodeBidi	Read/write	Specifies the level of embedding with respect to the bidirectional algorithm.
verticalAlign		Sets or retrieves the vertical alignment of the object.
viewInheritStyle		Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the document fragment inherits the CSS styles set in the primary document.
viewLink		Sets or retrieves the document object that supplies content to the master element.
viewLinkContent		Declares the element behavior as a document fragment.
viewMasterTab		Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the master element of a viewlink is included in the tab sequence of the primary document. This property is not supported for Windows Store apps using JavaScript.
visibility		Sets or retrieves whether the content of the object is displayed.
zIndex		Sets or retrieves the stacking order of positioned objects.

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

Remarks

The PUBLIC:DEFAULTS element is the declarative form of the defaults object.

This object is available in script as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5.

defaults object

Members

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Standards information

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