CSSRuleList: item() method

The item() method of the CSSRuleList interface returns the CSSRule object at the specified index or null if the specified index doesn't exist.

Syntax

item(index)

Parameters

index

An integer.

Return value

A CSSRule.

Examples

In the following example, we assume that the myRules list has three items only.

let myRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
console.log(myRules.item(0)); // Logs the first CSSRule item from this list

// Accessing non-existing items using this method will return null instead of undefined
console.log(myRules.item(5)); // null
console.log(myRules[5]); // undefined

Specifications

Browser compatibility