CSS Property: text-transform
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The CSS (CSS1) text-transform property specifies the
capitalisation the browser should use for text.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
|
Value
|
Description
|
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capitalize
|
First character of each
word is capitalised (i.e. transformed to uppercase)
|
|
lowercase
|
All characters
transformed to lowercase
|
|
none
|
(default value). No capitalisation
|
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uppercase
|
All characters
transformed to uppercase
|
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Default Value:
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none
|
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.textTransform="capitalize"
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Inherited:
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Yes
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Animatable:
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No
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
div {width: 100px; height: 15px; border: thin solid green;}
.x1 {text-transform: uppercase}
</style>
</head>
<body>
1. Element with default property<br>
<div>abcdefgh</div><br><br>
2. Element set using in-file HTML style<br>
<div class="x1">abcdefgh</div><br><br>
3. Element set using JavaScript<br>
<div id="x2">abcdefgh</div>
<script>
document.getElementById("x2").style.textTransform = "uppercase";
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedCSSPropertyTextTransform() {
var x = document.createElement("DIV"); x.style.textTransform = "uppercase"; return (window.getComputedStyle(x, null).textTransform == "uppercase");
} |
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