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Glow Filter

Last updated: May 23rd, 2007

The glow filter adds a glow to the outside edges of a content with the desired color and strength. Defined via IE's CSS filter property, here is its basic syntax:

Syntax:

filter :progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(attribute1=value1, attribute2=value2, etc);

Example using inline CSS:

<div style="width: 90%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=#000000, strength=10);">Some DIV</div>

Syntax via scripting:

//To define a new Glow filter on an element
object.style.filter ="progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(attribute=value1, attribute2=value2)"

To access an existing property within the Glow filter:
object.filters.item("DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow").Property1=value1;

//To access an existing property within the Glow filter via the filters[] object
object.filters[x].Property1=value1 //where "x" is the position of the filter within list of filters on element

When getting or setting a specific filter's attribute via scripting, you capitalize the attribute to turn it into a property.

Below lists the attributes/properties of the Glow filter:

Glow Filter attributes (properties)

Attributes/ Properties Description
enabled Sets/ returns whether the filter is enabled or not. Default is true.

Valid values: true/ false

color Read/Write hexadecimal color value that determines the color of the glow formed

Valid values: All valid #RRGGBB hexadecimal colors or color names.

Example:

<h1 style="width: 90%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=red, strength=5);">Hot News</h1>

Demo:

Hot News

Strength Sets the strength, or distance (in pixels) in which the glow spreads. Default is 5.

Valid values: 1 - 255

Example:

<img src="butterfly.jpg" style="filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=white, strength=5);" onMouseover="this.filters.item(0).Color='orange'" onMouseout="this.filters.item(0).Color='white'" />

Demo (move mouse over):


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