Web/API/CSSKeywordValue

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The CSSKeywordValue interface of the the CSS Typed Object Model API creates an object to represent CSS keywords and other identifiers. The interface instance name is a stringifier meaning that when used anywhere a string is expected it will return the value of CSSKeyword.value.

Constructor

CSSKeywordValue.CSSKeywordValue(): Creates a new CSSKeywordValue object.

Properties

CSSKeywordValue.value: Returns or sets the value of the CSSKeywordValue.

Methods

Inherits methods from CSSStyleValue.

Examples

The following example resets the CSS display property to its defaults, setting the inline style attribute to style="display: initial" if viewed in the developer tools inspector.

#myElement {
  display: flex;
}

<div id="myElement">Check the developer tools to see the log in the console and to inspect the style attribute on this div.</div>

let myElement = document.getElementById('myElement').attributeStyleMap;
    myElement.set('display', new CSSKeywordValue('initial')); 

console.log( myElement.get('display').value);  // 'initial'

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Typed OM Level 1The definition of 'CSSKeywordValue' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`CSSKeywordValue` Experimental'	Chrome Full support 66	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 53	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 66	Chrome Android Full support 66	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 47	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0
`CSSKeywordValue()` constructor Experimental'	Chrome Full support 66	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 53	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 66	Chrome Android Full support 66	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 47	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0
`value` Experimental'	Chrome Full support 66	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 53	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 66	Chrome Android Full support 66	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 47	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.