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MozOutlineStyle style property

Browser support:


	3.6

Sets or retrieves the style of the left, right, top, and bottom borders of the object.

Deprecated and the support for it has been removed in Firefox 3.6. Use the cross-browser outlineStyle property instead.

Syntax:

object.MozOutlineStyle;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

CSS page for this property: -moz-outline-style

Possible values:

The type of this property is string.

One of the following values:

-moz-bg-inset

The outline looks as though it were embedded in the canvas.

-moz-bg-outset

The outline looks as though it were coming out of the canvas.

-moz-bg-solid

A solid line is drawn.

dashed

A series of short line segments is drawn.

dotted

A series of dots is drawn.

double

A double line outline.

groove

The outline looks as if it has been carved into the background.

hidden

Turns the outline off.

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

inset

The outline looks as though it were embedded in the canvas.

none

Default. Outline width is null.

outset

The outline looks as though it were coming out of the canvas.

ridge

The outline looks as if it's protruding out of the background.

solid

A solid line is drawn.

Default: none.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the -moz-outline-style property:

<head>
    <style>
        .example {
            -moz-outline-width: 1px;
            -moz-outline-style: solid;
            -moz-outline-color: blue;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="example">Outline: 1px solid blue</div>
</body>

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the MozOutlineStyle property in JavaScript:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangeOutlineStyle (selectTag) {
            // Returns the index of the selected option
            var whichSelected = selectTag.selectedIndex;

            // Returns the text of the selected option
            var outStyle = selectTag.options[whichSelected].text;

            var div = document.getElementById ("myDiv");

            if ('MozOutlineStyle' in div.style) {
                div.style.MozOutlineStyle = outStyle;
            } else {
                alert ("Your browser doesn't support this example!");
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="myDiv" style="-moz-outline: 4px solid blue;">
        Change outline style
    </div>

    <br /><br /><br />

    <select onchange="ChangeOutlineStyle (this);" size="9">
        <option />dotted
        <option selected="selected" />dashed
        <option />double
        <option />groove
        <option />inset
        <option />none
        <option />outset
        <option />ridge
        <option />solid
    </select>
</body>