HTML Tag Methods

Summary

You can use HTML tag methods to place HTML elements around text in a String object.

Syntax

Examples

The following examples show how to use the HTML tag methods.

// anchor method.
 var strVariable = "This is an anchor.";
 document.write(strVariable.anchor("Anchor1"));
 // Output: <A NAME="Anchor1">This is an anchor.</A>

 // big method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.big());
 // Output: <BIG>This is a string.</BIG>

 //  blink method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.blink());
 // Output: <BLINK>This is a string.</BLINK>

 //  bold method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.bold());
 // Output: <B>This is a string.</B>

 //  fixed method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.fixed());
 // Output: <TT>This is a string.</TT>

 //  fontcolor method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.fontcolor("red"));
 // Output: <FONT COLOR="red">This is a string.</FONT>

 //  fontsize method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.fontsize(-1));
 // Output: <FONT SIZE="-1">This is a string.</FONT>

 //  italics method
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.italics());
 // Output: <I>This is a string.</I>

 //  link method.
 var strVariable = "This is a hyperlink.";
 document.write(strVariable.link("http://www.microsoft.com"));
 // Output: <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com">This is a hyperlink.</A>

 //  small method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.small());
 // Output: <SMALL>This is a string.</SMALL>

 //  strike method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.strike());
 // Output: <STRIKE>This is a string.</STRIKE>

 //  sub method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.sub());
 // Output: <SUB>This is a string.</SUB>

 //  sup method.
 var strVariable = "This is a string.";
 document.write(strVariable.sup());
 // Output: <SUP>This is a string.</SUP>

Remarks

No checking is performed to determine whether the HTML tags have already been applied to the string.

Syntax

The following table lists the syntax for and a description of each HTML tag method.

In the Syntax column, string1 is a String object or literal.

The Standard column indicates World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommendations for HTML 4. “Discouraged” indicates that the HTML element is discouraged in favor of style sheets.

Other articles

• String Object

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article