security error the operation is insecure in firefox document.stylesheets

Question

The following code throws an error in the Firefox Console at the line with the continue.

SecurityError: The operation is insecure.
if( !sheet.cssRules ) { c         


        

Answer 1

To circumvent the SecurityError in Firefox when attempting to access the cssRules attribute, you must use a try/catch statement. The following should work:

// Example call to process_stylesheet() with StyleSheet object.
process_stylesheet(window.document.styleSheets[0]);

function process_stylesheet(ss) {
  // cssRules respects same-origin policy, as per
  // https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=49001#c10.
  try {
    // In Chrome, if stylesheet originates from a different domain,
    // ss.cssRules simply won't exist. I believe the same is true for IE, but
    // I haven't tested it.
    //
    // In Firefox, if stylesheet originates from a different domain, trying
    // to access ss.cssRules will throw a SecurityError. Hence, we must use
    // try/catch to detect this condition in Firefox.
    if(!ss.cssRules)
      return;
  } catch(e) {
    // Rethrow exception if it's not a SecurityError. Note that SecurityError
    // exception is specific to Firefox.
    if(e.name !== 'SecurityError')
      throw e;
    return;
  }

  // ss.cssRules is available, so proceed with desired operations.
  for(var i = 0; i < ss.cssRules.length; i++) {
    var rule = ss.cssRules[i];
    // Do something with rule
  }
}

Answer 2

I had the same issue with Firefox. Try this instead.

function getStyle(styleName, className) {

    for (var i=0;i<document.styleSheets.length;i++) {
        var s = document.styleSheets[i];

        var classes = s.rules || s.cssRules
        for(var x=0;x<classes.length;x++) {
            if(classes[x].selectorText==className) {
                return classes[x].style[styleName] ? classes[x].style[styleName] : classes[x].style.getPropertyValue(styleName);
            }
        }
    }
}