JavaScript fontcolor() Method: String Object

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:08 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Description

The fontcolor() method is used to display a string in a specified color as if it were in a <font color="color-value"> tag.

Version

Implemented in JavaScript 1.0

Syntax

fontcolor(color)

Parameter

color: A color value in RGB, hexadecimal triplet or color name.

Example:

In the following web document, the fontcolor() method is used to change the color of a string. The method produces same output as html : <font color="maroon">Welcome Viewers</font> and so on.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>JavaScript String object - fontcolor() method example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: red">JavaScript String object : fontcolor() method</h1>
<hr />
<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
var Str="Welcome Viewers"
document.write(Str.fontcolor("maroon") +
" is maroon in this line")
document.write("<p>" + Str.fontcolor("salmon") +
" is salmon in this line"+"</p>")
document.write("<p>" + Str.fontcolor("red") +
" is red in this line"+"</p>")
//]]>
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Supported Browser

Internet Explorer 7	Firefox 3.6	Google Chrome 7	Safari 5.0.1	Opera 10
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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