CSSLayerBlockRule: name property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2022.

The read-only name property of the CSSLayerBlockRule interface represents the name of the associated cascade layer.

Value

A string containing the name of the layer, or "" if the layer is anonymous.

Examples

HTML

html
<output></output> <output></output>

CSS

css
output {
  display: block;
}

@layer special {
  div {
    color: rebeccapurple;
  }
}

@layer {
  div {
    color: black;
  }
}

JavaScript

js
const item1 = document.getElementsByTagName("output")[0];
const item2 = document.getElementsByTagName("output")[1];
const rules = document.getElementById("css-output").sheet.cssRules;

const layer = rules[1]; // A CSSLayerBlockRule
const anonymous = rules[2]; // An anonymous CSSLayerBlockRule

item1.textContent = `The first CSSLayerBlockRule defines the "${layer.name}" layer.`;
item2.textContent = `A second CSSLayerBlockRule defines a layer with the following name: "${anonymous.name}".`;

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Cascading and Inheritance Level 5
# dom-csslayerblockrule-name

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
name
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 99 (Release date: 2022-03-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 99 (Release date: 2022-03-03)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 97 (Release date: 2022-02-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 85 (Release date: 2022-03-23)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 15.4 (Release date: 2022-03-14)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 99 (Release date: 2022-03-01)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 97 (Release date: 2022-02-08)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 68 (Release date: 2022-03-30)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15.4 (Release date: 2022-03-14)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 18 (Release date: 2022-08-08)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 99 (Release date: 2022-03-01)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 15.4 (Release date: 2022-03-14)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also