text-autospace Attribute | textAutospace Property

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Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text.

Syntax

HTML	{ text-autospace : sIdeograph }
Scripting	object.textAutospace [ = sIdeograph ]

Possible Values

sIdeograph

String that specifies one of the following values: none 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 with a default value of none; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.

Remarks

An ideograph is a character in the East Asian writing system that represents a concept or an idea, but not a particular word or phrase.

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.

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