Sorry for the terse response, but you might want to check out getComputedStyle/currentStyle
On Mar 12, 10:33 am, "sfea...@gmail.com" <sfea...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the response. I want to make it standard across the site > so I can do a simple call to display whatever style(s) of that > particular element (in this case an h1). Is there any method I can > call that will return the entire css definition for the element in > question? Maybe return as a string and then I can print it on the > screen? > > On Mar 12, 11:02 am, Leonardo K <leo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't know if I understand but u can return the css using the css method > > like: > > > $("h1").css("color"); //return the color > > $("h1).css("background-color"); //return the backgrund-color > > > U have to call the css method for every property in css. > > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:50, sfea...@gmail.com <sfea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Sorry I don't want to sound like I'm asking for the solution, just a > > > point in the right direction on where to start. Thanks! > > > > On Mar 12, 10:28 am, "sfea...@gmail.com" <sfea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hey there. I'd like to start out by saying I'm new to jQuery, so if I > > > > am not making sense, please let me know. I'm creating a sort of style > > > > guide to my website for viewers to look up the current styles used on > > > > the site. Kind of like the jQuery docs section actually. > > > > > I currently have it set up to display an example, and the HTML of the > > > > example, using a simple little script that grabs the html out of the > > > > specified div I'm using for the examples. I would also like to add a > > > > css function that returns the css from the stylesheet of that > > > > particular object I'm displaying. So if I wanted to display what the > > > > H1 tags look like it would go something like this > > > > > H1 Tag > > > > > HTML > > > > > <h1>This is an H1 Tag</h1> > > > > > Example > > > > > This is an H1 Tag > > > > > Css > > > > > h1 { > > > > ..... > > > > } > > > > > Of course it looks a lot prettier than that but you get the jist of > > > > the idea. How would I go about traversing the CSS and grabbing that > > > > style associated with the current example, then returning that > > > > style?