Styles are key to creating dynamic and responsive designs in Webflow.

In the Designer, you can manage style changes through Classes. In the Webflow API, these Classes are Style Objects - with distinct CSS properties - that can be applied to an element. The methods described below give you direct control over which styles are applied to elements, letting you change a page's appearance and layout as needed. To directly manage CSS properties within a Style Object, use the Style Methods.

Methods

`element.getStyles()`

Retrieve the current style properties of the element for analysis or changes.

Syntax

element.getStyles(): Promise<Array<Style>>

Returns

Promise<Style>

A Promise that resolves to an array of Style Objects.

Example

// Get Selected Element
const selectedElement = await webflow.getSelectedElement()

if (selectedElement?.styles) {

  // Get Styles
  const styles = await selectedElement.getStyles()

  // Get Style Details
  const styleDetails = styles.map(async style => {

    const styleName = await style.getName()
    const styleProperties = await style.getProperties()

    return {
      Name: styleName,
      Properties: styleProperties,
      ID: style.id,
    }

  })

  // Print Style Details
  console.log(await Promise.all(styleDetails))

Designer Ability

Checks for authorization only

Designer Ability	Locale	Branch	Workflow	Sitemode
canAccessCanvas	Any	Any	Any	Any

`element.setStyles(styles)`

Set styles on an element.

Syntax

element.setStyles(styles: Array<Style>): Promise<null>>

Parameters

Styles: Array of Style Objects - The array of styles to set.

Returns

Promise<null>

A Promise that resolves to null.

Example

// Get Selected Element
const selectedElement = await webflow.getSelectedElement()

if (selectedElement?.styles) {

  // Create a new style
  const newStyle = await webflow.createStyle("MyCustomStyle");

  // Set properties for the style
  newStyle.setProperties({
    'background-color': "blue",
    'font-size': "32px",
    'font-weight': "bold",
  });

  // Set style on selected element
  selectedElement.setStyles([newStyle])

}