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Chapter 1 ✦ Generic HTML Element Objects (Chapter 15)
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Example
Changing this property value in a standard U.S. version of the browser only
makes the right margin the starting point for each new line of text (in other words,
the characters are not rendered in reverse order). You can experiment with this in
The Evaluator by entering the following statements into the expression evaluation
field:
document.getElementById(“myP”).dir = “rtl”
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Example
Use The Evaluator (Chapter 13 in the JavaScript Bible) to experiment with the
disabled property on both form elements (IE4+ and NN6) and regular HTML
elements (IE5.5). For IE4+ and NN6, see what happens when you disable the output
textarea by entering the following statement into the top text box:
document.forms[0].output.disabled = true
The textarea is disabled for user entry, although you can still set the field’s value
property via script (which is how the true returned value got there).
If you have IE5.5+, disable the myP element by entering the following statement
into the top text box:
document.all.myP.disabled = true
The sample paragraph’s text turns gray.
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