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How do I load css rules dynamically in Webkit (Safari/Chrome)?

I currently have issues in Webkit(Safari and Chrome) were I try to load dynamically (innerHTML) some html into a div, the html contains css rules (...), after the html gets rendered the style definitions are not loaded (so visually I can tell the styles are not there and also if I search with javascript for them no styles are found). I have tried using a jquery plugin tocssRule(), it works but it is just too slow. Is there another way of getting webkit to load the styles dynamically? Thanks. Patrick

Solution

  • I think it's a better practice to append a "link" tag to the head of your document. If that isn't possible, try to append a "style" tag to the head. Style tags shouldn't be in the body (Doesn't even validate).

    Append link tag:

    var link = document.createElement('link');

link.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet');

link.type = 'text/css';

link.href = 'http://example.com/stylesheet.css';

document.head.appendChild(link);

    Append style tag:

    var style = document.createElement('style');

style.innerHTML = 'body { background-color: #F00; }';

document.head.appendChild(style);