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Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object. Syntax | HTML | N/A |
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| Scripting | [ oObject = ] object.parentTextEdit |
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Possible Values | oObject |
Object that
receives the supported text ranges. |
The property is read-only.
The property has no default value.
Remarks The property is an object if the parent exists; otherwise, it is null. For example, the parentTextEdit property of the body is null.
Example
This example retrieves the parent object, if needed, creates the text range, moves to the original object, and selects the first word in the object. <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
function selectWord()
{
var oSource = window.event.srcElement ;
if (!oSource.isTextEdit)
oSource = oSource.parentTextEdit;
if (oSource != null) {
var oTextRange = oSource.createTextRange();
oTextRange.moveToElementText(window.event.srcElement);
oTextRange.collapse();
oTextRange.expand("word");
oTextRange.select();
}
}
</SCRIPT>
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this property.
Applies To |
A,
ACRONYM,
ADDRESS,
APPLET,
AREA,
B,
BASE,
BASEFONT,
BDO,
BGSOUND,
BIG,
BLOCKQUOTE,
BODY,
BR,
BUTTON,
CAPTION,
CENTER,
CITE,
CODE,
COL,
COLGROUP,
COMMENT,
CUSTOM,
DD,
DEL,
DFN,
DIR,
DIV,
DL,
DT,
EM,
EMBED,
FIELDSET,
FONT,
FORM,
FRAME,
FRAMESET,
HEAD,
hn,
HR,
HTML,
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,
KBD,
LABEL,
LEGEND,
LI,
LINK,
LISTING,
MAP,
MARQUEE,
MENU,
META,
nextID,
NOBR,
OBJECT,
OL,
OPTION,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
Q,
S,
SAMP,
SCRIPT,
SELECT,
SMALL,
SPAN,
STRIKE,
STRONG,
SUB,
SUP,
TABLE,
TBODY,
TD,
TEXTAREA,
TFOOT,
TH,
THEAD,
TITLE,
TR,
TT,
U,
UL,
VAR,
XMP | |
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