CSSStyleDeclaration getPropertyPriority() Method

Last Updated : 15 Jul, 2022

The getPropertyPriority() method is used to check whether the specified CSS property has the priority set as “important” or not.

Syntax:

object.getPropertyPriority(propertyname)

Parameters: It accepts a single parameter:

propertyname: It is a required parameter that contains a string which represents the name of the property to be checked.

Return Value: It returns the priority of the property in the form of the string. If it does not exist then it returns an empty string.

Example: To show the working of the getPropertyPriority() method:

html

<html>
 
<head>
    <style>
        body {
            text-align: center;
        }
         
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
         
        #p1 {
            color: green;
            font-size: 20 !important;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <p id="p1">
      getPropertyPriority() Method
  </p>
 
    <button onclick="myFunction()">
        Get property priority
    </button>
 
    <p id="gfg"></p>
 
    <!-- Script to get the
       priority of the property -->
    <script>
       
        function myFunction() {
           
            var x = 
                document.styleSheets[
                  0].cssRules[2].style;
           
            var prior = 
                x.getPropertyPriority(
                  "font-size");
           
            document.getElementById("gfg").innerHTML =
                "Priority of font-size is " + prior;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>