This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The CSSStyleDeclaration.item() method interface returns a CSS property name from a CSSStyleDeclaration by index.
This method doesn't throw exceptions as long as you provide arguments; the empty string is returned if the index is out of range and a TypeError is thrown if no argument is provided.
item(index)
indexThe index of the node to be fetched. The index is zero-based.
A string that is the name of the CSS property at the specified index.
JavaScript has a special simpler syntax for obtaining an item from a NodeList by index:
const propertyName = style[index];
TypeErrorThrown if no argument is provided.
const style = document.getElementById("div1").style;
const propertyName = style.item(1); // or style[1] - returns the second style listed
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Object Model (CSSOM)> # dom-cssstyledeclaration-item> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
item |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 6 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 6 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSStyleDeclaration/item