How about this simple stylesheet switcher plugin? That seems to be close to what you need:
http://www.kelvinluck.com/article/switch-stylesheets-with-jquery --John On 8/7/07, Nazgulled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are right, I created the element in the DOM and it worked fine. > However I found this: > http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/externalcss.shtml > And it seems it's exactly what I was looking for in the first place, > but I don't if I should use it as some browsers (though they are less > used) do not support the styleSheets object and creating the element > in the DOM and then remove it, probably works on most of them, I just > don't like the solution cause it feels like a "work around" and what I > really want, I can do it with document.styleSheets. > > On Aug 7, 7:58 pm, "Dan G. Switzer, II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >I'm trying to do that due to this issue: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/jquery- > > >en/browse_thread/thread/0a3630dc90b2c10b/1026fc07b5cd587f?#1026fc07b5cd587f > > > > >If you have any other and better solution, I'm all hears :) > > > > >You say the DOM element does not exist, but isn't that what clone is > > >supposed to do? I though I was cloning an element in the DOM and then > > >changing it's class... > > > > No, it exists as an element stored in a variable--but not an actual item in > > the current DOM tree. > > > > It would be the same as doing: > > > > var el = document.createElement("a"); > > > > The above is an element, but it doesn't currently exist in the DOM until I > > programmatically place in the DOM: > > > > document.body.appendChild(el); > > > > My experience with IE is that certain aspects of an element can not be read > > until it actually is placed in the DOM tree. This is usually related to > > things that affect the visual state of the element (such as the color of the > > text.) > > > > I believe this is because IE doesn't fully process elements that aren't > > capable of being viewed. > > > > My guess is if you actually try adding the cloned item somewhere on the page > > (using the $("body").append()) you could probably then read the color. > > > > If that does work, then it sounds like my suspicion may be correct and that > > you might need to move the element to a DOM and then remove it when you're > > done with it. > > > > -Dan > >
