CSSStyleDeclaration: cssText property

The cssText property of the CSSStyleDeclaration interface returns or sets the text of the element's inline style declaration only.

To be able to set a stylesheet rule dynamically, see Using dynamic styling information.

Not to be confused with stylesheet style-rule CSSRule.cssText.

Value

A string containing the text of the element's inline style declaration.

Example

html
<span id="s1" style="color: red;"> Some text </span>

<script>
  const elem = document.getElementById("s1");
  alert(elem.style.cssText); // "color: red;"
</script>

Specifications

Specification
CSS Object Model (CSSOM)
# dom-cssstyledeclaration-csstext

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