HR Element | hr Object

Draws a horizontal rule.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the hr object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.

Attributes/Properties

Attribute	Property	Description
ACCESSKEY	accessKey	Sets or retrieves the accelerator key for the object.
ALIGN	align	Sets or retrieves the alignment of the object relative to the display or table.
ATOMICSELECTION		Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
BEGIN	begin	Sets or retrieves the delay time before the timeline begins playing on the element.
	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.
COLOR	color	Sets or retrieves the color to be used by the object.
	disabled	Sets or retrieves the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
END	end	Sets or retrieves a value indicating the end time for the element, or the end of the simple duration when the element is set to repeat.
	firstChild	Retrieves a reference to the first child in the>childNodes collection of the object.
	hasMedia	Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element is an>Introduction to HTML+TIME media element.
HIDEFOCUS	hideFocus	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object visibly indicates that it has focus.
ID	id	Retrieves the string identifying the object.
	isContentEditable	Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
	isDisabled	Retrieves the value indicating 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.
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.
NOSHADE	noShade	Sets or retrieves whether the horizontal rule is drawn with 3-D shading.
	offsetHeight	Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	offsetLeft	Retrieves the calculated left position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	offsetParent	Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
	offsetTop	Retrieves the calculated top position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	offsetWidth	Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
	outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
	outerText	Sets or retrieves the text of the object.
	ownerDocument	Sets or 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.
	scopeName	Retrieves the>namespace defined for the element.
SIZE	size	Sets or retrieves the height of the hr object.
	sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
STYLE		Sets an inline style for the element.
SYNCMASTER	syncMaster	Sets or retrieves whether the time container must synchronize playback to this element.
systemBitrate		Retrieves the approximate bandwidth available to the system in bits-per-second.
systemCaptions		Indicates whether or not to display a text equivalent of the audio portion of the presentation.
systemLanguage		Indicates whether a given language is selected in a user's system preferences.
systemOverdubOrSubtitle		Specifies whether overdubs or subtitles render during a presentation.
TABINDEX	tabIndex	Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object.
	tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
TIMECONTAINER	timeContainer	Sets or retrieves the type of timeline associated with an element.
TITLE	title	Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.
	uniqueID	Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object.
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.
httpFolder	Contains scripting features that enable browser navigation to a folder view.
saveFavorite	Enables the object to persist data in a favorite Web site.
saveHistory	Enables the object to persist data in the browser history.
saveSnapshot	Enables the object to persist data when a Web page is saved.
time	Provides an active timeline for an HTML element.
time2	Provides an active timeline for an HTML element or group of elements.
userData	Enables the object to persist data in user data.

Collections

Collection	Description
all	Returns a reference to the collection of elements contained by the object.
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.

Events

Event	Description
onactivate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
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.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onbeforepaste	Fires on the target object before the selection is pasted from the system clipboard to the document.
onblur	Fires when the object loses the input focus.
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.
oncontrolselect	Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object.
oncopy	Fires on the source element when the user copies the object or selection, adding it to the system clipboard.
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.
ondeactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
ondrag	Fires on the source object continuously during a drag operation.
ondragend	Fires on the source object when the user releases the mouse at the close of a drag operation.
ondragenter	Fires on the target element when the user drags the object to a valid drop target.
ondragleave	Fires on the target object when the user moves the mouse out of a valid drop target during a drag operation.
ondragover	Fires on the target element continuously while the user drags the object over a valid drop target.
ondragstart	Fires on the source object when the user starts to drag a text selection or selected object.
ondrop	Fires on the target object when the mouse button is released during a drag-and-drop operation.
onfocus	Fires when the object receives focus.
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.
onlayoutcomplete	Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document.
onlosecapture	Fires when the object loses the mouse capture.
onmousedown	Fires when the user clicks the object with either mouse button.
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.
onmouseout	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of 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.
onmove	Fires when the object moves.
onmoveend	Fires when the object stops moving.
onmovestart	Fires when the object starts to move.
onpaste	Fires on the target object when the user pastes data, transferring the data from the system clipboard to the document.
onpropertychange	Fires when a property changes on the object.
onreadystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
onresize	Fires when the size of the object is about to change.
onresizeend	Fires when the user finishes changing the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
onresizestart	Fires when the user begins to change the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
onselectstart	Fires when the object is being selected.
ontimeerror	Fires whenever a time-specific error occurs, usually as a result of setting a property to an invalid value.

Filters

Filter property	Description
FlipH	Displays the content of the object flipped across the horizontal axis.
FlipV	Displays the content of the object flipped across the vertical axis.

Methods

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
attachEvent	Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object.
blur	Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
click	Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.
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.
detachEvent	Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires.
dragDrop	Initiates a drag event.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
focus	Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getElementsByTagName	Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name.
getExpression	Retrieves the expression for the given property.
hasChildNodes	Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertAdjacentHTML	Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.
insertAdjacentText	Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
normalize	Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model.
releaseCapture	Removes mouse capture from the object in the current document.
removeAttribute	Removes the given attribute from the object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeExpression	Removes the expression from the specified property.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
scrollIntoView	Causes the object to scroll into view, aligning it either at the top or bottom of the window.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setCapture	Sets the mouse capture to the object belonging to the current document.
setExpression	Sets an expression for the specified object.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Objects

Object	Description
runtimeStyle	Represents the cascaded format and style of the object that overrides the format and style specified in global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.
style	Represents the current settings of all possible inline styles for a given element.

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 Introduction to DHTML Behaviors.
border-bottom-color	borderBottomColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the bottom border of the object.
border-bottom-style	borderBottomStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the bottom border of the object.
border-bottom-width	borderBottomWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the bottom border of the object.
border-color	borderColor	Sets or retrieves the border color of the object.
border-left-color	borderLeftColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the left border of the object.
border-left-style	borderLeftStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the left border of the object.
border-left-width	borderLeftWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the left border of the object.
border-right-color	borderRightColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the right border of the object.
border-right-style	borderRightStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the right border of the object.
border-right-width	borderRightWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the right border of the object.
border-style	borderStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object.
border-top-color	borderTopColor	Sets or retrieves the color of the top border of the object.
border-top-style	borderTopStyle	Sets or retrieves the style of the top border of the object.
border-top-width	borderTopWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the top border of the object.
border-width	borderWidth	Sets or retrieves the width of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object.
bottom	bottom	Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in relation to the bottom of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
clear	clear	Sets or retrieves 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	clip	Sets or retrieves which part of a positioned object is visible.
cursor	cursor	Sets or retrieves the type of cursor to display as the mouse pointer moves over the object.
display	display	Sets or retrieves whether the object is rendered.
height	height	Sets or retrieves the height of the object.
layout-flow	layoutFlow	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
layout-grid	layoutGrid	Sets or retrieves the composite document grid properties that specify the layout of text characters.
layout-grid-char	layoutGridChar	Sets or retrieves the size of the character grid used for rendering the text content of an element.
layout-grid-line	layoutGridLine	Sets or retrieves the gridline value used for rendering the text content of an element.
layout-grid-mode	layoutGridMode	Sets or retrieves whether the text layout grid uses two dimensions.
layout-grid-type	layoutGridType	Sets or retrieves the type of grid used for rendering the text content of an element.
left	left	Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the left edge of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
line-break	lineBreak	Sets or retrieves line-breaking rules for Japanese text.
margin	margin	Sets or retrieves the width of the top, right, bottom, and left margins of the object.
margin-bottom	marginBottom	Sets or retrieves the height of the bottom margin of the object.
margin-left	marginLeft	Sets or retrieves the width of the left margin of the object.
margin-right	marginRight	Sets or retrieves the width of the right margin of the object.
margin-top	marginTop	Sets or retrieves the height of the top margin of the object.
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.
position	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.
right	right	Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the right edge of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
float	styleFloat	Sets or retrieves on which side of the object the text will flow.
text-align	textAlign	Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is left-aligned, right-aligned, centered, or justified.
text-align-last	textAlignLast	Sets or retrieves how to align the last line or only line of text in the object.
text-autospace	textAutospace	Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
text-indent	textIndent	Sets or retrieves the indentation of the first line of text in the object.
text-justify	textJustify	Sets or retrieves the type of alignment used to justify text in the object.
text-kashida-space	textKashidaSpace	Sets or retrieves the ratio of kashida expansion to white space expansion when justifying lines of text in the object.
text-underline-position	textUnderlinePosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the textDecoration property of the object.
top	top	Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the top of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
visibility	visibility	Sets or retrieves whether the content of the object is displayed.
white-space	whiteSpace	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether lines are automatically broken inside the object.
width	width	Sets or retrieves the width of the object.
word-break	wordBreak	Sets or retrieves line-breaking behavior within words, particularly where multiple languages appear in the object.
word-wrap	wordWrap	Sets or retrieves whether to break words when the content exceeds the boundaries of its container.
writing-mode	writingMode	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
zoom	zoom	Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

The HR element is available in HTML as of Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

This element is a block element.

This element does not require a closing tag.

Standards Information

object is defined in HTML 3.2  and defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .