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CSS Object Model (CSSOM)

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The CSS Object Model is a set of APIs allowing the manipulation of CSS from JavaScript. It is much like the DOM, but for the CSS rather than the HTML. It allows users to read and modify CSS style dynamically.

The values of CSS are represented untyped, that is using String objects.

Reference

Several other interfaces are also extended by the CSSOM-related specifications: Document, Window, Element, HTMLElement, HTMLImageElement, Range, MouseEvent, and SVGElement.

CSS Typed Object Model

Obsolete CSSOM interfaces Deprecated

Tutorials

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

All these features have been added little by little over the years to the different browsers: it was a quite complex process that can’t be summarized in a simple table. Please refer to the specific interfaces for its availability.

See also