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Glow Filter

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);

Syntax (post IE8):

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

Note: See "Difference in syntax between pre IE8 and IE8+ browsers" for more info on the changes to the filter syntax in IE8+.

Example:

<style type="text/css">

#somediv{
width: 90%;
-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=#000000, strength=10)";
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=#000000, strength=10);
}

</style>


<div id="somediv">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: <style type="text/css"> #myheader{ width: 90%; -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=red, strength=5)"; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=red, strength=5); } </style> <h1 id="myheader">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: <style type="text/css"> #butterfly{ -ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=white, strength=5)"; filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Glow(color=white, strength=5); } </style> <img id="butterfly" src="butterfly.jpg" onMouseover="this.filters.item(0).Color='orange'" onMouseout="this.filters.item(0).Color='white'" /> Demo (move mouse over):