SPAN XHTML Element

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4/8/2010

The SPAN element specifies an inline text container. SPAN does not alter how the contained content is rendered.

Using this Element

There are some common properties and collections that apply to all the elements of the document object model, see Common Properties, Methods and Collections for the HTML Elements in Internet Explorer Mobile.

This element can be used within a web page with attributes.

This element can be used within scripts where it will have properties, events and methods.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Attribute	Value	Description
ALIGN
	center
	left
	right
CLASS		Associates the element with a CSS style. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.
ID		Uniquely identifies the element within a document. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.
STYLE		Provides the definition of the CSS styles used for this element. > [!NOTE] > Supported only for devices running Windows Mobile 2003 software or later.

The following table shows items that Internet Explorer Mobile supports.

Property	Type	Access	Comments
id	string	Read only	Uniquely identifies the object within a document.
innerHTML	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object. > [!NOTE] > Write-only for devices running Smartphone 2002 and Pocket PC 2002 software or earlier.
innerText	string	Read/Write	Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object.
offsetHeight	Number	Read-only	Contains the height of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.
offsetLeft	Number	Read-only	Contains the number of pixels from the left of the parent element.
offsetParent	String	Read-only	Contains a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
offsetTop	Number	Read-only	Contains the number of pixels from the top of the parent element
offsetWidth	Number	Read-only	Contains the width of the object in pixels, relative to the parent element.

This element has no associated events.

Method Arguments Comments

Method	Arguments	Comments
getAttribute	option	Syntax: `vAttrValue=span.getAttribute(sAttrName[,iFlags])` Returns the value of the specified attribute. If the attribute is not present then a NULL is returned. sAttrName is a String containing the name of the attribute. iFlags is an integer that specifies one or more of the following: 0 (Default) Performs a property search that is not case-sensitive, and returns an interpolated value if the property is found. 1 Performs a case-sensitive property search. To find a match, the uppercase and lowercase letters in sAttrName must exactly match those in the attribute name. 2 Returns the value exactly as it was set in script or in the source document.

getAttribute

option

Syntax:

vAttrValue=span.getAttribute(sAttrName[,iFlags])

Windows Mobile

Pocket PC for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later, Smartphone for Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later