DT object (Object/HTML)

An object that represents the content of a <DT> tag.

Availability:

JScript - 3.0
Internet Explorer - 4.0
Inherits from:Element object
JavaScript syntax:IEmyDT = myDocument.all.anElementID
IEmyDT = myDocument.all.tags("DT")[anIndex]
IEmyDT = myDocument.all[aName]
-myDT = myDocument.getElementById(anElementID)
-myDT = myDocument.getElementsByName(aName)[anIndex]
-myDT = myDocument.getElementsByTagName("DT")[anIndex]
HTML syntax:<DT> ... </DT>
Argument list:anIndexA reference to an element in a collection
aNameAn associative array reference
anElementIDThe ID value of an Element object
Object properties:noWrap
Event handlers:onClick, onDblClick, onDragStart, onFilterChange, onHelp, onKeyDown, onKeyPress, onKeyUp, onMouseDown, onMouseMove, onMouseOut, onMouseOver, onMouseUp, onSelectStart

This object represents the definition term of an item in a definition list. It corresponds to a related definition contained in a DD object. DT and DD objects are paired up and maintained together as a member of the DL collection.

The <DT> tag is a block-level tag. That means that it forces a line break before and after itself unless its enclosing <DL> tag uses its compact property.

See also:DD object, DL object, Element object

PropertyJavaScriptJScriptNIEOperaNESECMADOMCSSHTMLNotes
noWrap n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aWarning

Event nameJavaScriptJScriptNIEOperaNESECMADOMCSSHTMLNotes
onClick n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onDblClick n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onDragStart n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a-
onFilterChange n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a-
onHelp n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aWarning
onKeyDown n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onKeyPress n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onKeyUp n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseDown n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseMove n/a3.0 3.0 n/a 4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseOut n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseOver n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onMouseUp n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a4.0 4.0Warning
onSelectStart n/a3.0 3.0 n/a4.0 4.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a-

Inheritance chain:

Element object, Node object