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In this articleCSSRule
cssText
parentRule
parentStyleSheet
type
DeprecatedCSS
CSSConditionRule
CSSFontFeatureValuesRule
CSSFontPaletteValuesRule
CSSGroupingRule
CSSImportRule
CSSKeyframeRule
CSSKeyframesRule
CSSLayerBlockRule
CSSLayerStatementRule
CSSMediaRule
CSSNamespaceRule
CSSPageDescriptors
CSSPageRule
CSSPropertyRule
CSSRuleList
CSSStartingStyleRule
CSSStyleDeclaration
CSSStyleRule
CSSStyleSheet
CSSSupportsRule
CaretPosition
MediaList
MediaQueryList
Screen
StyleSheet
StyleSheetList
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. Itâs been available across browsers since July 2015.
The parentStyleSheet
property of the CSSRule
interface returns the StyleSheet
object in which the current rule is defined.
A StyleSheet
object.
js
const docRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
console.log(docRules[0].parentStyleSheet === document.styleSheets[0]); // returns true
Specifications Specification CSS Object Model (CSSOM) .
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