addNewStyleSheetByFullCSS

JavaScriptSource Staff Sep 25, 2006

General

Have you ever wanted to add a style sheet to your document using the full CSS without having to use addRules and insertRules? While this method is a bit "non-standard", it's a pretty nifty approach that can be expanded upon.

I am styling!

Notes

Created by: Ultimater
Web Site: http://invisionfree.com/forums/Black_Forest_Boards
Posted: September 25, 2006

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: addStyleSheet.js

/* The addNewStyleSheetByFullCSS function accepts one argument,
 the full CSS to be used within the style sheet, and the new
 style sheet is appended to the DOM tree automatically. */

function addNewStyleSheetByFullCSS(innerCSS){
  var h=document.getElementsByTagName("head");if(!h.length)return;
  var newStyleSheet=document.createElement("style");
  newStyleSheet.type="text/css";
  h[0].appendChild(newStyleSheet);
  try{
    newStyleSheet.styleSheet.cssText=innerCSS;
  }catch(e){try{
    newStyleSheet.appendChild(document.createTextNode(innerCSS));
    newStyleSheet.innerHTML=innerCSS;
  }catch(e){}}
}

// ============

var fullCSS=''+
'\nbody { margin: 20px 10px 10px 10px; padding: 0; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000;'+
'\nfont-family:serif; font-size:medium;'+
'\n}'+
'\ntr { vertical-align: top;  }'+
'\n.fieldframe { background-color: #F1F2F6; color: #929BAB; border: 1px solid #929BAB; padding: 5px }'+
'\n.buttonframe { background-color: #F1F2F6; color: #929BAB; margin-top: 10px; border: 1px solid #929BAB; padding: 5px }'+
'\n.field { background-color: #E3E4EA; color: #000000; border: 1px solid #929BAB;}'+
'\n.label { background-color: #E3E4EA; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;'+
'\nwidth:180px;border:1px solid #929BAB;'+
'\n}'+
'\n.input { background-color: #F1F2F6; color: #5D636E; vertical-align: top;'+
'\nwidth: 80px; border:1px solid #929BAB; padding:2px;'+
'\n}'+
'\n.input input{'+
'\nbackground-color: white; color: black; border:0 none;'+
'\n}'+
'\n.button { background-color: #E3E4EA; color: #5D636E; border: 1px solid #929BAB; margin: 1px;  }'+
'\n.button:hover { background-color: #F4F4F6; color: #5D636E; border: 1px solid #929BAB; margin: 1px;  }'+
'\ndiv.field{'+
'\nmargin:0;padding:2px;'+
'\n}\n'

addNewStyleSheetByFullCSS(fullCSS);

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="addStyleSheet.js"></script>

Body

Paste this code into the BODY section of your HTML document


<div class="label">I am styling!</div>

Leave a Response

(2 comments)

Awesome.[br /][br /]Added to my greasemonkey script, now I can modify the CSS on any page with ease.[br /][br /]Oh Yeah!

Jimmy Aug 27, 2007

this is good

akil Jan 29, 2007

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