ATOMICSELECTION Attribute

Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT ATOMICSELECTION=bAtomicSelection ... >
Scripting N/A

Possible Values

bAtomicSelection Boolean that specifies the following values.
false Default. The element's content can be selected individually.
true The element and its content may only be selected as a single unit.

Remarks

If the document is not in atomic selection mode, the ATOMICSELECTION attribute is ignored. Turn on the atomic selection mode by executing the>IDM_ATOMICSELECTION command with the value of true.
Documents in atomic selection mode will have slower performance when selections are made anywhere on the document.

Standards Information

attribute is a Microsoft extension to HTML .

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, NOBR, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, THEAD, TD, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, TR, COL, COLGROUP