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StyleSheet: parentStyleSheet property

The parentStyleSheet property of the StyleSheet interface returns the style sheet, if any, that is including the given style sheet.

Value

A StyleSheet object.

Examples

js

// Find the top level stylesheet
const sheet = stylesheet.parentStyleSheet ?? stylesheet;

Notes

This property returns null if the current stylesheet is a top-level stylesheet or if stylesheet inclusion is not supported.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
parentStyleSheet 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StyleSheet/parentStyleSheet