Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.
Syntax
HTML
{ text-autospace : sIdeograph }
Scripting
object.style.textAutospace [ =sIdeograph ]
Possible Values
sIdeograph
String that
specifies or receives one of the following values:
none
Default. No effect takes place—that is, no extra space is added.
ideograph-alpha
Creates extra spacing between runs of ideographic and non-ideographic text, such as Latin-based, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, or Hebrew text.
ideograph-numeric
Creates extra spacing between runs of ideographic text and numeric characters.
ideograph-parenthesis
Creates extra spacing between a normal (non-wide) parenthesis and an ideograph.
ideograph-space
Extends the width of the space character when it is adjacent to ideographs.
The property is read/write
for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only:
currentStyle.
The property has a default value of
none. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is
not inherited.
Remarks
An ideograph is a character in an Asian writing system that represents a concept or an idea, but not a particular word or pronunciation.
Standards Information
property is part of a proposed addition to
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) .
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