ISINDEX Element | isIndex Object

Causes the browser to display a dialog window that prompts the user for a single line of input.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the isIndex 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.
ACTION	action	Sets or retrieves the URL to which the form content is sent for processing.
ATOMICSELECTION		Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
	blockDirection	Retrieves a string value that indicates whether the content in the block element flows from left to right, or from right to left.
	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.
	clientHeight	Retrieves the height of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.
	clientLeft	Retrieves the distance between the offsetLeft property and the true left side of the client area.
	clientTop	Retrieves the distance between the offsetTop property and the true top of the client area.
	clientWidth	Retrieves the width of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.
CONTENTEDITABLE	contentEditable	Sets or retrieves the string that indicates whether the user can edit the content of the object.
	disabled	Sets or retrieves the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
DISABLED	disabled	Sets or retrieves the status of the object.
	form	Retrieves a reference to the form that the object is embedded in.
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.
LANG	lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
LANGUAGE	language	Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written.
	onOffBehavior	Retrieves an object indicating whether the specified Microsoft® DirectAnimation® behavior is running.
	parentElement	Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy.
	readyState	Retrieves the current state of the object.
	scopeName	Retrieves the namespace defined for the element.
	scrollHeight	Retrieves the scrolling height of the object.
	scrollLeft	Sets or retrieves the distance between the left edge of the object and the leftmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.
	scrollTop	Sets or retrieves the distance between the top of the object and the topmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.
	scrollWidth	Retrieves the scrolling width of the object.
STYLE		Sets an inline style for the element.
TABINDEX	tabIndex	Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object.
	tagUrn	Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration.
UNSELECTABLE		Specifies that an element cannot be selected.

Behaviors

Behavior	Description
clientCaps	Provides information about features supported by Microsoft 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.

Collections

Collection	Description
behaviorUrns	Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element.

Events

Event	Description
onactivate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onbeforeeditfocus	Fires before an object contained in an editable element enters a UI-activated state or when an editable container object is control selected.
onblur	Fires when the object loses the input focus.
oncontrolselect	Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object.
ondeactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
onfocus	Fires when the object receives focus.
onmove	Fires when the object moves.
onmoveend	Fires when the object stops moving.
onmovestart	Fires when the object starts to move.
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.

Methods

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
blur	Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
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.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getBoundingClientRect	Retrieves an object that specifies the bounds of a collection of TextRectangle objects.
getClientRects	Retrieves a collection of rectangles that describes the layout of the contents of an object or range within the client. Each rectangle describes a single line.
normalize	Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.

Objects

Object	Description
currentStyle	Represents the cascaded format and style of the object as specified by global style sheets, inline styles, and HTML attributes.

Styles

Style attribute	Style property	Description
background	background	Sets or retrieves up to five separate background properties of the object.
background-attachment	backgroundAttachment	Sets or retrieves how the background image is attached to the object within the document.
background-color	backgroundColor	Sets or retrieves the color behind the content of the object.
background-image	backgroundImage	Sets or retrieves the background image of the object.
background-position	backgroundPosition	Sets or retrieves the position of the background of the object.
background-repeat	backgroundRepeat	Sets or retrieves how the backgroundImage property of the object is tiled.
behavior	behavior	Sets or retrieves the location of the Introduction to DHTML Behaviors.
border	border	Sets or retrieves the properties to draw around the object.
border-bottom	borderBottom	Sets or retrieves the properties of the bottom border of the object.
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	borderLeft	Sets or retrieves the properties of the left border 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	borderRight	Sets or retrieves the properties of the right 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	borderTop	Sets or retrieves the properties of the top border 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.
color	color	Sets or retrieves the color of the text of the object.
font	font	Sets or retrieves a combination of separate font properties of the object. Alternatively, sets or retrieves one or more of six user-preference fonts.
font-family	fontFamily	Sets or retrieves the name of the font used for text in the object.
font-size	fontSize	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates the font size used for text in the object.
font-style	fontStyle	Sets or retrieves the font style of the object as italic, normal, or oblique.
font-variant	fontVariant	Sets or retrieves whether the text of the object is in small capital letters.
font-weight	fontWeight	Sets or retrieves the weight of the font of the object.
	hasLayout	Retrieves a value that indicates whether the object has layout.
layout-flow	layoutFlow	Sets or retrieves the direction and flow of the content in the object.
left	left	Sets or retrieves the position of the object relative to the left edge of the next positioned object in the document hierarchy.
letter-spacing	letterSpacing	Sets or retrieves the amount of additional space between letters in the object.
line-height	lineHeight	Sets or retrieves the distance between lines in the object.
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.
page-break-after	pageBreakAfter	Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether a page break occurs after the object.
page-break-before	pageBreakBefore	Sets or retrieves a string indicating whether a page break occurs before the object.
position	position	Sets or retrieves the type of positioning used for the object.
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-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-decoration	textDecoration	Sets or retrieves 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."
	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.
text-indent	textIndent	Sets or retrieves the indentation of the first line of 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-overflow	textOverflow	Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether to render ellipses(...) to indicate text overflow.
text-transform	textTransform	Sets or retrieves the rendering of the 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.
word-spacing	wordSpacing	Sets or retrieves the amount of additional space between words 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.
z-index	zIndex	Sets or retrieves the stacking order of positioned objects.
zoom	zoom	Sets or retrieves the magnification scale of the object.

Remarks

In HTML 4, this element is deprecated; INPUT is recommended for use instead. The tagName property for isIndex returns input.

The ISINDEX element belongs in the body of the document.

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

This element is treated as an input object inside a form object. To access the element from script, you must use the all collection of the document object. For example, the syntax for accessing the disabled property of a isIndex object is:

document.all.oIsindex.disabled=false;

This element is a block element.

This element requires a closing tag.

Example

This example uses the ISINDEX element to replace the default prompt.

<ISINDEX PROMPT="Enter a keyword to search for in the index">

Standards Information

object is deprecated in HTML .