HTMLStyleElement

The HTMLStyleElement interface represents a <style> element. It inherits properties and methods from its parent, HTMLElement, and from LinkStyle.

This interface doesn't allow to manipulate the CSS it contains (in most case). To manipulate CSS, see Using dynamic styling information for an overview of the objects used to manipulate specified CSS properties using the DOM.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement, and implements LinkStyle.

HTMLStyleElement.media

Is a DOMString representing the intended destination medium for style information.

HTMLStyleElement.type

Is a DOMString representing the type of style being applied by this statement.

HTMLStyleElement.disabled

Is a Boolean value representing whether or not the stylesheet is disabled (true) or not (false).

LinkStyle.sheet Read only

Returns the StyleSheet object associated with the given element, or null if there is none

HTMLStyleElement.scoped

Is a Boolean value indicating if the element applies to the whole document (false) or only to the parent's sub-tree (true).

Methods

No specific method; inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement, and LinkStyle.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLStyleElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5.1 The definition of 'HTMLStyleElement' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLStyleElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The following property has been added: scoped.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLStyleElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Added a second inheritence, the LinkStyle interface.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLStyleElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <style>.
• Using dynamic styling information to see how to manipulate CSS.