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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T21:21:04+00:00 2026-05-12T21:21:04+00:00

This code only seems to work in Firefox. Safari and Opera don’t like it:

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This code only seems to work in Firefox. Safari and Opera don’t like it:

alert($("<body>").css("background-color"));

I’ve tried other methods too which are even less successful.

alert(document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].styles.backgroundColor);
alert(document.body.styles.backgroundColor);

I’ve tested these browsers on Mac – and haven’t tested this in IE (yet). Any ideas?

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    2026-05-12T21:21:05+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 9:21 pm

    Try:

    alert($("body").css("background-color"));
    

    (i.e. without the angle brackets around body). See the jQuery docs on the CSS function, and the docs on jQuery Selectors.

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