Prototype - setStyle() Method



This method modifies element's CSS style properties. Styles are passed as a hash of property-value pairs in which the properties are specified in their camelized form.

Syntax

element.setStyle(styles);

Return Value

Returns an HTML element.

Example

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Prototype examples</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" src = "/javascript/prototype.js"></script>
      
      <script>
         function setColor() {
            $('test').setStyle({
               backgroundColor: '#900',
               fontSize: '12px'
            });
         }
      </script>
   </head>

   <body">
      <p id = "test">Click the button to see the result.</p>
      <input type = "button" value = "Click" onclick = "setColor();"/>
   </body>
</html>

Output

prototype_element_object.htm
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