Get a CSS value with JavaScript

Question

I know I can set a CSS value through JavaScript such as:

document.getElementById(\'image_1\').style.top = \'100px\';

But, can I

Answer 1

As a matter of safety, you may wish to check that the element exists before you attempt to read from it. If it doesn't exist, your code will throw an exception, which will stop execution on the rest of your JavaScript and potentially display an error message to the user -- not good. You want to be able to fail gracefully.

var height, width, top, margin, item;
item = document.getElementById( "image_1" );
if( item ) {
  height = item.style.height;
  width = item.style.width;
  top = item.style.top;
  margin = item.style.margin;
} else {
  // Fail gracefully here
}