readyState Property

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Retrieves the current state of the object being downloaded.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ sState = ] object.readyState

Possible Values

sState

String that specifies one of the following values: uninitialized Object is not initialized with data. loading Object is loading its data. loaded Object has finished loading its data. interactive User can interact with the object even though it is not fully loaded. complete Object is completely initialized.

The property is read-only with no default value.

Remarks

Each object determines which of the five states it exposes.

All objects, except OBJECT, that expose the readyState property return the value as a string. The OBJECT tag returns an integer in the range of 0 (uninitialized) through 4 (complete).

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, 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, document, 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, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, NEXTID, NOBR, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XML, XMP

See Also

onreadystatechange