Custom Type to allow all of its methods to be used with any DOM element via the dollar function $.

Sets a CSS property to the Element.

Syntax:

myElement.setStyle(property, value);

Arguments:

  1. property - (string) The property to set.
  2. value - (mixed) The value to which to set it. Numeric values of properties requiring a unit will automatically be appended with 'px'.

Returns:

  • (element) This element.

Example:

//Both lines have the same effect.
$('myElement').setStyle('width', '300px'); // the width is now 300px.
$('myElement').setStyle('width', 300); // the width is now 300px.

Notes:

  • All number values will automatically be rounded to the nearest whole number.

Returns the style of the Element given the property passed in.

Syntax:

var style = myElement.getStyle(property);

Arguments:

  1. property - (string) The css style property you want to retrieve.

Returns:

  • (string) The style value.

Examples:

$('myElement').getStyle('width'); // returns "300px".
$('myElement').getStyle('width').toInt(); // returns 300.

Applies a collection of styles to the Element.

Syntax:

myElement.setStyles(styles);

Arguments:

  1. styles - (object) An object of property/value pairs for all the styles to apply.

Returns:

  • (element) This element.

Example:

$('myElement').setStyles({
    border: '1px solid #000',
    width: 300,
    height: 400
});

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Returns an object of styles of the Element for each argument passed in.

Syntax:

var styles = myElement.getStyles(property[, property2[, property3[, ...]]]);

Arguments:

  1. properties - (strings) Any number of style properties.

Returns:

  • (object) An key/value object with the CSS styles as computed by the browser.

Examples:

$('myElement').getStyles('width', 'height', 'padding');
// returns {width: '10px', height: '10px', padding: /10px 0px 10px 0px'}

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