Name

execCommand( ) — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

execCommand(”commandName“[, UIFlag[, value]])

Executes the named command on the current TextRange object. Many commands work best when the TextRange object is an insertion point. See Appendix D for a list of commands.

Returned Value

Boolean value: true if command is successful; false if unsuccessful.

Parameters

commandName

A case-insensitive string value of the command name. See Appendix D.

UIFlag

Optional Boolean value: true to display any user interface triggered by the command (if any); false to prevent such display.

value

A parameter value for the command.

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