Box and Rectangle objects
Related objects:
| Object | Support | Description | ||||||||||
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| BoxObject | Contains information about the position of an element in the document hierarchy, and the position in the current window. | |||||||||||
| TextRectangle |
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Represents the bounding rectangle of an element or TextRange object. | ||||||||||
| TextRectangles |
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Represents a collection of TextRectangle objects that specifies the exact shape of an element or TextRange object. |
Related properties:
| Property | Support | Description | ||||||||||
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| bottom (TextRectangle) |
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Returns a floating-point number in Firefox and an integer in other browsers that specifies the bottom position of the rectangle, in pixels. | ||||||||||
| element (BoxObject) |
Returns a reference to the element that the BoxObject was created from. | |||||||||||
| height (BoxObject) |
Returns an integer that specifies the height of the element's rounding box, in pixels. | |||||||||||
| height (TextRectangle) |
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Returns a floating-point number in Firefox and an integer in other browsers that specifies the height of the rectangle, in pixels. | ||||||||||
| left (TextRectangle) |
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Returns a floating-point number in Firefox and an integer in other browsers that specifies the left position of the rectangle, in pixels. | ||||||||||
| length (TextRectangles) |
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Returns an integer that specifies the number of objects in the current collection. | ||||||||||
| parentBox (BoxObject) |
Returns a reference to the parent of the element that the BoxObject was created from. | |||||||||||
| right (TextRectangle) |
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Returns a floating-point number in Firefox and an integer in other browsers that specifies the right position of the rectangle, in pixels. | ||||||||||
| screenX (BoxObject) |
Returns an integer that specifies the left position of the element relative to the screen upper-left corner, in pixels. | |||||||||||
| screenY (BoxObject) |
Returns an integer that specifies the top position of the element relative to the screen upper-left corner, in pixels. | |||||||||||
| top (TextRectangle) |
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Returns a floating-point number in Firefox and an integer in other browsers that specifies the top position of the rectangle, in pixels. | ||||||||||
| width (BoxObject) |
Returns an integer that specifies the width of the element's rounding box, in pixels. | |||||||||||
| width (TextRectangle) |
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Returns a floating-point number in Firefox and an integer in other browsers that specifies the width of the rectangle, in pixels. | ||||||||||
| x (BoxObject) |
Returns an integer that specifies the left position of the element relative to the document upper-left corner, in pixels. | |||||||||||
| y (BoxObject) |
Returns an integer that specifies the top position of the element relative to the document upper-left corner, in pixels. |
Related methods:
| Method | Support | Description | ||||||||||
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| getBoundingClientRect |
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Returns a TextRectangle object that specifies the bounding rectangle of the current element or TextRange object, in pixels, relative to the upper-left corner of the browser's client area. | ||||||||||
| getBoxObjectFor (document) |
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Returns a BoxObject object that represents the bounding rectangle of the specified element in pixels, relative to the upper-left corner of the document. | ||||||||||
| getClientRects |
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Retrieves a TextRectangles collection that specifies the exact shape of the current element or TextRange object. | ||||||||||
| item (TextRectangles) |
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Returns an object from the current collection by index. |
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