text-transform Attribute | textTransform Property

Sets or retrieves the rendering of the text in the object.

Syntax

HTML { text-transform : sTransform }
Scripting object.style.textTransform [ = sTransform ]

Possible Values

sTransform String that specifies or receives one of the following values:
none Default. Text is not transformed.
capitalize Transforms the first character of each word to uppercase.
uppercase Transforms all the characters to uppercase.
lowercase Transforms all the characters to lowercase.
The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of none. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Examples

The following examples use the text-transform attribute and the textTransform property to transform a block of text from lower case to upper case when the user moves the mouse over the text. The text transforms back to lower case when the user clicks the text.
This example uses three calls to an embedded (global) style sheet to transform the text.
<STYLE>
.transform1 { text-transform:uppercase }
.transform2 { text-transform:lowercase }
.transform3 { text-transform:none }
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV STYLE="font-size:14"
onmouseover="this.className='transform1'"
onclick= "this.className='transform2'"
ondblclick="this.className='transform3'">
:
</DIV>
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This example uses inline scripting to transform the text when different mouse events occur.
<DIV STYLE="font-size:14"
onmouseover="this.style.textTransform='uppercase'"
onmouseout="this.style.textTransform='lowercase'"
onclick="this.style.textTransform='none'">
:
</DIV>
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .

Applies To

A, ADDRESS, B, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, currentStyle, CUSTOM, DD, defaults, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FORM, hn, HTML, I, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, style, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP