I know I can get the CSS value for a standard CSS properties For instance $('#myelement').css('Width")
But I want to create my own CSS properties eg: (Css Entry) a1FormDate { a1Type:Date a1Required:True } The problem is that if I try and retrieve this value by the above methods I get a null value from Firefox and Opera. IE seems to work OK It would be good if I could get CSS value without knowing class. The only way I have seen to so this is outside of jquery by creating an array and manually searching it via document.stylesheets DOM elements. I am trying to encapsulate application design so that is entirely editable by HTML and stylesheets. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.