The Problem
I have
the following code:
<html>
<head>
<style id="ID_Style">
.myStyle
{
color : #FF0000 ;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="myStyle">
Hello World !
</p>
</body>
</html>
And I want to modify
the contents of <style> through JavaScript.
The Expected Solution
The first solution was to use
the innerHTML property of
the style element (retrieved through its id), but while it works on Firefox, it fails on Internet Explorer 7.
So, I used pure DOM methods, that is, creating an element called style, a text node with
the desired content, and append
the text node as a child of
the style node, etc. It fails, too.
According to MSDN,
the <style> element has an innerHTML property, and according to W3C,
the <style> element is a HTMLStyleElement, which derives from HTMLElement, deriving from Element deriving from Node, which has
the appendChild method. It seems to behave as if
the content of a <style> element was readonly on Internet Explorer.
The Question
So
the question is: Is there a way to modify
the content of a <style> element on Internet Explorer?
While
the current problem is with IE7, a cross-browser solution would be cool, if possible.
Appendix
Sources:
Style Element (MSDN): http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535898.aspx
HTMLStyleElement (W3C): http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109/html.html#ID-16428977
Complete Test Code
You can use this test code if you want to reproduce your problem:
<html>
<head>
<style id="ID_Style">
.myStyle
{
color : #FF0000 ;
}
</style>
<script>
function replaceStyleViaDOM(p_strContent)
{
var oOld = document.getElementById("ID_Style") ;
var oParent = oOld.parentNode ;
oParent.removeChild(oOld) ;
var oNew = document.createElement("style") ;
oParent.appendChild(oNew) ;
oNew.setAttribute("id", "ID_Style") ;
var oText = document.createTextNode(p_strContent) ;
oNew.appendChild(oText) ;
}
function replaceStyleViaInnerHTML(p_strContent)
{
document.getElementById("ID_Style").innerHTML = p_strContent ;
}
</script>
<script>
function setRedViaDOM()
{
replaceStyleViaDOM("\n.myStyle { color : #FF0000 ; }\n")
}
function setRedViaInnerHTML()
{
replaceStyleViaInnerHTML("\n.myStyle { color : #FF0000 ; }\n")
}
function setBlueViaDOM()
{
replaceStyleViaDOM("\n.myStyle { color : #0000FF ; }\n")
}
function setBlueViaInnerHTML()
{
replaceStyleViaInnerHTML("\n.myStyle { color : #0000FF ; }\n")
}
function alertStyle()
{
alert("*******************\n" + document.getElementById("ID_Style").innerHTML + "\n*******************") ;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<button type="button" onclick="alertStyle()">alert Style</button>
<br />
<button type="button" onclick="setRedViaDOM()">set
Red via DOM</button>
<button type="button" onclick="setRedViaDOM()">set
Red via InnerHTML</button>
<br />
<button type="button" onclick="setBlueViaDOM()">set Blue via DOM</button>
<button type="button" onclick="setBlueViaInnerHTML()">set Blue via InnerHTML</button>
</div>
<p class="myStyle">
Hello World !
</p>
</body>
</html>
Thanks !
