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Updating css rules within classes.

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I am trying to use javascript to insert css rules within css classes. However I am only finding that my code only succeeds in prepending a new class and rule, while NOT inserting a new rule within a desired predefined css class. eg:

<style type="text/css">

a1.inner {
          position: relative;   
          display:  block;
          width:    100px;
          height:   100px;
          left:     -1px;
          top:      -1px; 
          border:   solid black 1px;
                
	 }

a2.outer {
          display:  block;
          width:    350px;
          height:   100px;  
          border:   solid black 1px;
          overflow: hidden;
         }

a3.inner {
          position: relative; 
          display:  block;
          width:    141.42px;
          height:   141.42px;
          left:     -1px;
          top:      -1px; 
          border:   solid black 1px;  
         }

a4.outer {
          display:  block;
          width:    100px;
          height:   100px; 
          border:   solid black 1px;
          overflow: hidden;
         }
</style>


document.styleSheets[0].insertRule('a1.inner{-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);}',cssRuleEndIndex);


How do I insert/read/update a new selector:value; rule in a specified css class? Is there a way to "create"/set/get css properties and values, within css classes, in a multiple platform way, particurly if css has already been defined in javascript or a css style block like this one?

I am trying to use javascript to insert css rules within css classes. However I am only finding that my code only succeeds in prepending a new class and rule, while NOT inserting a new rule within a desired predefined css class. eg:<br /> <br /> <pre><nowiki><style type="text/css"> a1.inner { position: relative; display: block; width: 100px; height: 100px; left: -1px; top: -1px; border: solid black 1px; } a2.outer { display: block; width: 350px; height: 100px; border: solid black 1px; overflow: hidden; } a3.inner { position: relative; display: block; width: 141.42px; height: 141.42px; left: -1px; top: -1px; border: solid black 1px; } a4.outer { display: block; width: 100px; height: 100px; border: solid black 1px; overflow: hidden; } </style> </nowiki></pre> <br /> <pre><nowiki>document.styleSheets[0].insertRule('a1.inner{-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);}',cssRuleEndIndex); </nowiki></pre> <br /> How do I insert/read/update a new selector:value; rule in a specified css class? Is there a way to "create"/set/get css properties and values, within css classes, in a multiple platform way, particurly if css has already been defined in javascript or a css style block like this one?

Modified by cor-el

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You probably need to add a new stylesheet with that rule after the last stylesheet.


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