isMultiLine Property
Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ bMulti = ] object.isMultiLine
Possible Values
bMulti Boolean that receives one of the following values.
false
- The content contains exactly one line.
true
- The content contains more than one line.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Example
The following example shows how to use the isMultiLine property to determine whether the content of an object can contain only one line or multiple lines of text.
<HTML> <HEAD> <SCRIPT> function answer(arg) { arg ? alert("Yes") : alert("No"); } </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> <P>INPUT: <INPUT type="text" ID="oInput" VALUE="oInput"/> <BUTTON onclick="answer(oInput.isMultiLine);"> Can the INPUT contain more than one line?</BUTTON> </P> <P>TEXTAREA: <TEXTAREA ID="oTextarea">oTextarea</TEXTAREA> <BUTTON onclick="answer(oTextarea.isMultiLine);"> Can the TEXTAREA contain more than one line?</BUTTON> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/ismultilineEX1.htm
Applies To
defaults, A, ABBR, 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, 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, WBR, XML, XMP, Element Constructor, HTCElementBehaviorDefaults Constructor