Is there a way to add css from a string in the javascript file to the head of a document with javascript?
Let's say we have a webpage, which has a lightbox script, this script requires a css file to function.
Now adding this css file with <link> will make the css file download even for people that don't have js enabled.
I know that I can dynamically load the css file with the script, but that also means that there will be 2 http requests, and in cases where there is little to no css in the file I find this inefficient.
So I thought to myself, what if you could put the css that you have in the css file, into the script, have the script parse the css and add it into the head, or even better just have the script add the css directly into the <head> of the document.
But I have found nothing online that suggests that this is possible, so is it possible to add css to the head with js?
I edited roryf's answer to work cross browser (except IE5)
Javascript:
function addcss(css){
var head = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
var s = document.createElement('style');
s.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');
if (s.styleSheet) { // IE
s.styleSheet.cssText = css;
} else { // the world
s.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css));
}
head.appendChild(s);
}
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Here's a simple way.
/**
* Add css to the document
* @param {string} css
*/
function addCssToDocument(css){
var style = document.createElement('style')
style.innerText = css
document.head.appendChild(style)
}
Here's a function that will dynamically create a CSS rule in all major browsers. createCssRule takes a selector (e.g. "p.purpleText"), a rule (e.g. "color: purple;") and optionally a Document (the current document is used by default):
var addRule;
if (typeof document.styleSheets != "undefined" && document.styleSheets) {
addRule = function(selector, rule) {
var styleSheets = document.styleSheets, styleSheet;
if (styleSheets && styleSheets.length) {
styleSheet = styleSheets[styleSheets.length - 1];
if (styleSheet.addRule) {
styleSheet.addRule(selector, rule)
} else if (typeof styleSheet.cssText == "string") {
styleSheet.cssText = selector + " {" + rule + "}";
} else if (styleSheet.insertRule && styleSheet.cssRules) {
styleSheet.insertRule(selector + " {" + rule + "}", styleSheet.cssRules.length);
}
}
}
} else {
addRule = function(selector, rule, el, doc) {
el.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(selector + " {" + rule + "}"));
};
}
function createCssRule(selector, rule, doc) {
doc = doc || document;
var head = doc.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
if (head && addRule) {
var styleEl = doc.createElement("style");
styleEl.type = "text/css";
styleEl.media = "screen";
head.appendChild(styleEl);
addRule(selector, rule, styleEl, doc);
styleEl = null;
}
};
createCssRule("body", "background-color: purple;");
If you don't want to rely on a javascript library, you can use document.write() to spit out the required css, wrapped in style tags, straight into the document head:
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write("<style>body { background-color:#000 }</style>");
</script>
# other stuff..
</head>
This way you avoid firing an extra HTTP request.
There are other solutions that have been suggested / added / removed, but I don't see any point in overcomplicating something that already works fine cross-browser. Good luck!
A simple non-jQuery solution, albeit with a bit of a hack for IE:
var css = ".lightbox { width: 400px; height: 400px; border: 1px solid #333}";
var htmlDiv = document.createElement('div');
htmlDiv.innerHTML = '<p>foo</p><style>' + css + '</style>';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(htmlDiv.childNodes[1]);
It seems IE does not allow setting innerText, innerHTML or using appendChild on style elements. Here is a bug report which demonstrates this, although I think it identifies the problem incorrectly. The workaround above is from the comments on the bug report and has been tested in IE6 and IE9.
Whether you use this, document.write or a more complex solution will really depend on your situation.
Edit: As Atspulgs comment suggest, you can achieve the same without jQuery using the querySelector:
document.querySelector('head').innerHTML += '<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" type="text/css"/>';
Older answer below.
You could use the jQuery library to select your head element and append HTML to it, in a manner like:
$('head').append('<link rel="stylesheet" href="style2.css" type="text/css" />');
You can find a complete tutorial for this problem here
Source: Stackoverflow.com