CSSStyleDeclaration item() Method

CSSStyleDeclaration Object

Definition and Usage

item() The method returns the CSS property name by index (subscript) from the CSS declaration block.

The index starts from 0.

Instance

Example 1

Return the first CSS property name from the style declarations of the "ex1" element:

var style = document.getElementById("ex1").style;
var propname = style.item(0);
alert(propname);

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Example 2

Loop through all element style declarations:

for (i = 0; i < elmnt.style.length; i++) {
  txt += elmnt.style.item(i)
}

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Syntax

style.item(index)

Parameter

Parameter Description
index Required. Number, representing the index (subscript) of the CSS property.

Technical Details

DOM Version: CSS Object Model
Return value: String representing the name of the attribute.

Browser Support

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CSSStyleDeclaration Object