Doh! Not all that weird, I'd forgotten that `border-size` is a shorthand property!
Works with full names: http://jsbin.com/uyifa4/2 Nice one, Walter! -- T.J. On Dec 23, 5:45 pm, "T.J. Crowder" <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote: > It doesn't seem to be a Prototype-specific thing. `getComputedStyle` > is just not giving back that information:http://jsbin.com/uyifa4 > Except on Opera. It works on Opera. > > V. weird. > > FWIW, > -- > T.J. Crowder > Independent Software Engineer > tj / crowder software / com > www / crowder software / com > > On Dec 23, 5:10 pm, marbrun <marb...@me.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I tried that already. Also tried just with getStyle('border-width') > > but that gives nothing either. Other styles like background-color are > > returned well. > > > On 23 dec, 18:02, Jane Hunter <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > reorder the border attributes so they are type, size, color and see if > > > that > > > solves your problem. > > > > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:53 AM, marbrun <marb...@me.com> wrote: > > > > Hello guys > > > > > I am using the latest version of JS Prototype, 1.7. > > > > I have never asked a question about JS Prototype online because I > > > > always figured it out somehow or just found another solution. But > > > > that's not true this time. > > > > > In CSS, the border is set on an element like this: > > > > > #element { > > > > border:#000000 solid 3px; > > > > } > > > > > Now I try to get the border value in JS Prototype with this code: > > > > > $('element').getStyle('border'); > > > > > And this is the return I get in Firebug: > > > > > (an empty string) > > > > > I have simplified all other code, so there nothing else influencing > > > > it. I have even tested this in another project using Prototype version > > > > 1.6. No result. > > > > > How can I solve this quite important problem? > > > > > Thanks > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups > > > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<prototype-scriptaculou > > > > s%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.