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boundingWidth

Summary

Retrieves the width of the rectangle that bounds the TextRange object

Property of dom/TextRangedom/TextRange

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = textRange.boundingWidth;

Return Value

Returns an object of type NumberNumber

the width of the bounding rectangle, in pixels.

Examples

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

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

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