CSSRule

The CSSRule interface represents a single CSS rule. There are several types of rules, listed in the Type constants section below.

The CSSRule interface specifies the properties common to all rules, while properties unique to specific rule types are specified in the more specialized interfaces for those rules' respective types.

References to a CSSRule may be obtained by looking at a CSSStyleSheet's cssRules list.

Properties common to all CSSRule instances

CSSRule.cssText

Represents the textual representation of the rule, e.g. "h1,h2 { font-size: 16pt }" or "@import 'url'". To access or modify parts of the rule (e.g. the value of "font-size" in the example) use the properties on the specialized interface for the rule's type.

CSSRule.parentRule Read only

Returns the containing rule, otherwise null. E.g. if this rule is a style rule inside an @media block, the parent rule would be that CSSMediaRule.

CSSRule.parentStyleSheet Read only

Returns the CSSStyleSheet object for the style sheet that contains this rule

CSSRule.type Read only

One of the Type constants indicating the type of CSS rule.

Constants

Type constants

The CSSRule interface specifies integer constants that can be used in conjunction with a CSSRule's type property to discern the rule type (and therefore, which specialized interface it implements). The relationships between these constants and the interfaces are:

An up-to-date informal list of constants can be found on the CSSWG Wiki.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Using dynamic styling information