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Nick Briz
Nick Briz

Reputation: 1977

changing browser specific CSS3 (prefix) properties in JavaScript

So I'm trying to dynamically change the style of a div with javascript, which is normally no big deal except that I'm trying to change some CSS3 properties which have a prefix, i.e. minus (-) in the name... and of course, that means something else entirely in javascript...

so I've got this going on in my javascript:

r += 1;
document.getElementById('someDiv').style.transform = "rotate(" + r + "deg)";

and my div's style property looks like this:

transform: rotate(30deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(30deg); /* IE 9 */
-webkit-transform: rotate(50deg); /* Safari and Chrome */
-o-transform: rotate(30deg); /* Opera */
-moz-transform: rotate(30deg); /* Firefox */

so that javascript works fine to change the "transform" property, but how would I change the rest of them? because doing something like this won't work:

document.getElementById('someDiv').style.-ms-transform = "rotate(" + r + "deg)";

because the javascript reads the "-" as syntax error :(

thoughts?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1344

Answers (4)

kennebec
kennebec

Reputation: 104760

If you already have the style inline you can ignore the prefix and change the degrees. An element's style.cssText is read and writable.

var sty=document.getElementById('someDiv').style;

sty.cssText= sty.cssText.replace(/rotate\([^)]+/,'rotate(30');

Upvotes: 1

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887275

Instead of the -, make the next letter uppercase: style.MozTransform.
(just like style.backgroundColor)

Note that IE incorrectly uses msTransform with a lowercase m.

Upvotes: 6

atrueresistance
atrueresistance

Reputation: 1368

Use jquery and just change classes

 $("p").removeClass("myClass noClass").addClass("yourClass");

Upvotes: 2

dmidz
dmidz

Reputation: 896

In javascript you can access object property trought two ways : dot notation or array notation. In particular when you have special chars in the property name, use array notation :

document.getElementById('someDiv').style['-ms-transform'] = "rotate(" + r + "deg)";

Then you need to insure that the property is right for the browser, I strongly recommend you to use a javascript lib like jQuery, Mootools, etc if you wana win some time and prevent some frustration that web developpers had before these great tools...

Upvotes: 2

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