Type: Element {#Element}
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Custom Type to allow all of its methods to be used with any DOM element via the dollar function [$][].



Element Method: setStyle {#Element:setStyle}
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Sets a CSS property to the Element.

### Syntax:

	myElement.setStyle(property, value);

### Arguments:

1. property - (*string*) The property to set.
2. value    - (*mixed*) The value to which to set it. Numeric values of properties requiring a unit will automatically be appended with 'px'.

### Returns:

* (*element*) This element.

### Example:
	//Both lines have the same effect.
	$('myElement').setStyle('width', '300px'); // the width is now 300px.
	$('myElement').setStyle('width', 300); // the width is now 300px.

### Notes:

- All number values will automatically be rounded to the nearest whole number.



Element Method: getStyle {#Element:getStyle}
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Returns the style of the Element given the property passed in.

### Syntax:

	var style = myElement.getStyle(property);

### Arguments:

1. property - (*string*) The css style property you want to retrieve.

### Returns:

* (*string*) The style value.

### Examples:

	$('myElement').getStyle('width'); // returns "300px".
	$('myElement').getStyle('width').toInt(); // returns 300.



Element Method: setStyles {#Element:setStyles}
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Applies a collection of styles to the Element.

### Syntax:

	myElement.setStyles(styles);

### Arguments:

1. styles - (*object*) An object of property/value pairs for all the styles to apply.

### Returns:

* (*element*) This element.

### Example:

	$('myElement').setStyles({
		border: '1px solid #000',
		width: 300,
		height: 400
	});

### See Also:

- [Element:getStyle][]



Element Method: getStyles {#Element:getStyles}
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Returns an object of styles of the Element for each argument passed in.

### Syntax:

	var styles = myElement.getStyles(property[, property2[, property3[, ...]]]);

### Arguments:

1. properties - (*strings*) Any number of style properties.

### Returns:

* (*object*) An key/value object with the CSS styles as computed by the browser.

### Examples:

	$('myElement').getStyles('width', 'height', 'padding');
	// returns {width: '10px', height: '10px', padding: /10px 0px 10px 0px'}

### See Also:

- [Element:getStyle][]



[$]: /core/Element/Element/#Window:dollar
[Element:getStyle]: #Element:getStyle