Getting pseudo-element style values

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Related to this question Changing CSS pseudo-element styles via JavaScript , is there a way to use javascript so that I can access the pseudo-element style attributes?

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wheresrhys Nov 30 '12 at 11:30

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Jack · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-03T03:21:00+0000

It depends on the browser. I do not believe that IE supports this in any way, but for FireFox and Webkit browsers you can use the following:

window.getComputedStyle(element, pseudo-selector);

For example:

window.getComputedStyle(document.body, ':before');