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boundingLeft

Summary

Retrieves the distance between the left edge of the rectangle that bounds the TextRange object and the left side of the object that contains the TextRange.

Property of dom/TextRangedom/TextRange

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = textRange.boundingLeft;

Return Value

Returns an object of type NumberNumber

the left coordinate of the bounding rectangle, in pixels.

Examples

This example retrieves the value of the boundingLeft property for the given text area.

<script type="text/javascript">
function boundDim(oObject)
{
    var oTextRange = oObject.createTextRange();
    if (oTextRange != null) {
        alert("The bounding left is \n" +
            oTextRange.boundingLeft);
    }
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<textarea cols="100" rows="2" id="oTextarea"
    onclick="boundDim(this)"> . . . </textarea>

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Syntax

result = textRange.boundingLeft;

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