Yes, all I want is to get a color for a specific class in the CSS. Basically is this: I have a class for the links when they are a:link, a:visted and a:active which has color A, then, I have a different class for a:hover which has color B. This way, the links will have different colors when the mouse are hover them right? I just need to get those 2 colors so I can animate the color transition when the mouse moves hover the link. Otherwise, I would need to define the hover color in the javascript, but this way wouldn't allow me to swap the color easily cy just changing it in the CSS. I think you get the picture now, and document.styleSheets seems the best option.
jQuery doesn't support this object, I have to use it directly correct? On Aug 7, 10:43 pm, "Dan G. Switzer, II" <[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. > > I was going to suggest that, but then you get in to some specifity issues > with CSS (since an element can have multiple classes assigned even specific > styles applied to it.) > > If all you're wanting to do is to get the color for a specific class > declaration, then I'd read the stylesheets to do that. > > If you're want to know what the *actual* color of a specific element might > be if a certain class is applied, then you have to follow the rules of CSS > to ensure you gather the right question. > > Also, while I agree adding the element to the DOM is hackish, you can add > with an absolute position and visibility that's hidden. That way there's no > visual clue that it's been added to the DOM tree. Still hackish, but you're > at least guaranteed that your getting the color *exactly* how its being > shown in the current browser. > > -Dan
