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How to get a DOM element's ::before content with JavaScript?


I want to know whether it is possible to get a DOM element's ::before content, which was set by CSS3.

I have tried some ways, but I still can't make it, so it's very confusing to me!

// https://rollbar.com/docs/

const links = document.querySelectorAll(`ul.image-list a`);

links[0];
// <a href="/docs/notifier/rollbar-gem/" class="ruby">::before Ruby</a>

links[0];
//

links[0].textContent;
//"Ruby"

links[0].innerText;
// "Ruby"

links[0].innerHTML;
// "Ruby"

// ??? links[0]::before;

This is the case:

![enter image description here


Solution

  • Pass ":before" as the second parameter to window.getComputedStyle():

    console.log(getComputedStyle(document.querySelector('p'), ':before').getPropertyValue('content'));
    p::before,
    p::after {
      content: ' Test ';
    }
    <p>Lorem Ipsum</p>