ATOMICSELECTION Attribute

Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT ATOMICSELECTION=bAtomicSelection ... >
Scripting N/A

Possible Values

bAtomicSelection A Boolean that specifies the following values.
false
Default. The element content can be selected individually.
true
The element and its content can be selected only as a single unit.

Remarks

If the document is not in atomic selection mode, the ATOMICSELECTION attribute is ignored. To turn on the atomic selection mode, run the IDM_ATOMICSELECTION command with the value of true.

A document that is in atomic selection mode has slower performance when a selection is made anywhere in the document.

Applies To

A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, AREA, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, CUSTOM, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, hn, HR, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, ISINDEX, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, NOBR, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, RT, RUBY, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, THEAD, TD, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP, TR, COL, COLGROUP

See Also

Using the MSHTML Editor's Extra Features