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Reading non-inline CSS style info from Javascript

Answer 1

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That's just how css works. There's no straight-forward way to get the computed css attributes of an element within Javascript, that I know of, short of browser specific utilities.

toby 2009-07-08 14:16:01

Answer 2

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Here is a function you can use (without the use of a framework ie) that was posted here by InsDel:

function getStyle(className) {
    var classes = document.styleSheets[0].rules || document.styleSheets[0].cssRules
    for(var x=0;x<classes.length;x++) {
        if(classes[x].selectorText==className) {
                (classes[x].cssText) ? alert(classes[x].cssText) : alert(classes[x].style.cssText);
        }
    }
}
getStyle('.test')

Andreas Grech 2009-07-08 14:20:07

Answer 3

+3 A:

In this case, you'll want the computedStyle on the Element as the style attribute hasn't been set yet. In IE, you'll need to check the Element's currentStyle property, via something like this.

ajm 2009-07-08 14:21:28

Answer 4

+4 A:

The style property of a DOM element refers only to the element's inline styles.

Depending on the browser, you can get the actual style of an element using DOM CSS

In firefox, for example:

var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
var bg = window.getComputedStyle(body, null).backgroundColor;

Or in IE:

var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
var bg = body.currentStyle.backgroundColor;

Matt Bridges 2009-07-08 14:23:43

perfect - exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Matt!

OneNerd 2009-07-08 14:25:27

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