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title: CssRule.cssText
slug: Web/API/CSSRule/cssText
translation_of: Web/API/CSSRule/cssText
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<p><span style="font-size: 1.71428571428571rem; letter-spacing: -0.5px; line-height: 24px;">Summary</span></p>
<p><strong><font><font>cssText</font></font></strong><font><font> returns the current text style rule.</font></font></p>
<h3 id="Syntax" name="Syntax"><font><font>Syntax</font></font></h3>
<pre class="eval"><em><font><font>string</font></font></em> = cssRule.cssText
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<h3 id="Example" name="Example"><font><font>Instance</font></font></h3>
<pre class="eval">if (myRule.cssText.indexOf ("background-color")! = -1) {
   bgRule = MyRule;
}
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<h3 id="Specification" name="Specification"><font><font>Specification</font></font></h3>
<p><font><font>DOM Level 2 Style - cssRule</font></font></p>