line-height Attribute | lineHeight Property

Sets or retrieves the distance between lines in the object.

Syntax

HTML	{ line-height: sHeight }
Scripting	object.style.lineHeight [ = sHeight ]

Possible Values

sHeight

String that specifies one of the following values: normal Default height. height Floating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, pc, or px) or a relative units designator (em or ex). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units. percentage Integer, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the height of the parent object.

The property is read/write with a default value of normal; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Line height is the distance between the descender of the font and the top of the internal leading of the font. A negative line height is allowed to achieve various shadowing effects.

If a formatted line contains more than one object, the maximum line height applies. In this case, negative values are not allowed.

Internet Explorer 3.0 supports the line-height attribute through the font attribute.

Example

The following examples use the line-height attribute and the lineHeight property to control the height of paragraph lines.

This example uses P and BLOCKQUOTE as selectors in an embedded (global) style sheet to change the distance between the lines in all P and BLOCKQUOTE objects.

Sample Code

<STYLE>
    P { line-height:8mm}
    BLOCKQUOTE { line-height:4mm }
</STYLE>

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This example uses inline scripting to set the distance between lines when an onmouseover event occurs.

<DIV STYLE="font-size:14" onmouseover="this.style.lineHeight='6mm'">
:
</DIV>

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Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, currentStyle, custom, DD, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HTML, I, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP