style.paddingBottom read only?

[Jeff]

I'd like to read the padding of an element. Is this possible?

Is there a good reference that has the readable DOM properties. It's
not hard to figure out the settable ones!

Jeff

[me]

On Jan 17, 4:00*pm, Jeff <jeff@spam_me_not.comwrote:

* *I'd like to read the padding of an element. Is this possible?

* Is there a good reference that has the readable DOM properties. It's
not hard to figure out the settable ones!

* *Jeff

Do a search for getComputedStyle (FireFox, Safari, Opera) and
currentStyle() (Internet Explorer). You'll want to write a function
that handles browser specific needs. Or, if it suits you, check out a
library jQuery or YUI. They usually include utility functions to
easily handle this and much more.

[David Mark]

On Jan 17, 11:21*pm, [e-mail] wrote:

On Jan 17, 4:00*pm, Jeff <jeff@spam_me_not.comwrote:

* *I'd like to read the padding of an element. Is this possible?

* Is there a good reference that has the readable DOM properties. It's
not hard to figure out the settable ones!

* *Jeff

Do a search for getComputedStyle (FireFox, Safari, Opera) and
currentStyle() (Internet Explorer). You'll want to write a

And realize that they are not equivalent. One returns the computed
style, the other the cascaded style.

function

that handles browser specific needs. Or, if it suits you, check out a
library jQuery or YUI. They usually include utility functions to
easily handle this and much more.

They include utility functions written by people who don't know what
they are doing. That's not good for anybody.