Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

text — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

The text object is a form control generated with an INPUT element whose TYPE attribute is set to "text". This object is the primary way of getting a user to enter single lines of text for submission to the server.

HTML Equivalent

<INPUT TYPE="text">

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document. formName . elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

IE

[window.]document. formName . elementName

[window.]document.forms[i].elements[i]

[window.]document.all. elementID

Properties

accessKey	form	offsetHeight	parentElement	style
className	id	offsetLeft	parentTextEdit	tabIndex
dataFld	isTextEdit	offsetParent	readOnly	tagName
dataSrc	lang	offsetTop	recordNumber	title
defaultValue	language	offsetWidth	size	type
disabled	maxLength	outerHTML	sourceIndex	value
document	name	outerText

Methods

blur( )	getAttribute( )	removeAttribute( )
click( )	handleEvent( )	scrollIntoView( )
contains( )	insertAdjacentHTML( )	select( )
createTextRange( )	insertAdjacentText( )	setAttribute( )
focus( )

Collections/Arrays

all[]

children[]

filters[]

Event Handler Properties

Handler	NN	IE	DOM
onblur	2	3	n/a
onchange	2	3	n/a
onclick	n/a	4	n/a
ondblclick	n/a	4	n/a
onfocus	2	3	n/a
onhelp	n/a	4	n/a
onkeydown	4	4	n/a
onkeypress	4	4	n/a
onkeyup	4	4	n/a
onmousedown	n/a	4	n/a
onmousemove ...