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Trouble changing the float property of the style object

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Oct 14.2005

I’m attempting to change the CSS float property of an element dynamically using Javascript. Since “float” is a reserved word there, I’ve been using

[CODE]element.style.cssFloat = “left”;[/CODE]

This works fine in Firefox, but lo and behold, when I test in IE, the property seems to get ignored. Does IE use a different property name for a float than everyone else does? If so, what is that property name? Or am I totally barking up the wrong tree here?

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@KravvitzOct 14.2005 — element.style.float should work in both browsers, since float is a property of style.
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@Orc_ScorcherOct 15.2005 — Microsoft has renamed this to 'styleFloat'. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/float.asp

Cross browser solution:element.style.cssFloat = element.style.styleFloat = "left"
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@KravvitzOct 15.2005 — I was wrong. Apparently I haven't tried to change the float property through the style object before.

Firefox, Netscape 6+, and other Mozilla browsers support cssFloat

IE4+ supports styleFloat

Opera seems to support cssFloat and styleFloat
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@FrankenrhythmauthorOct 17.2005 — Thanks, guys. styleFloat is doing the job nicely. The resource I was using for reference had a property named floatStyle listed, but obviously that wasn't working.

Again, thanks for taking the time to help me out.
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