Use window.getComputedStyle for standard-compliant browsers and element.currentStyle for IE.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.getComputedStyle http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535231(VS.85).aspx On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:06, Dennis Suitters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Dunno, if this has been asked before. > > I've been looking wherever I can for a way to get a div's or any element's > background color in a sementic friendly way (ie. works in IE and FF) using > javascript. > > so far i've tried the below: > > document.getElementById('element').bgColor; > > & > > document.getElementById('element').style.backgroundColor; > > TIA -- Алексей ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************