getComputedStyle vs style vs .css()

Benchmark created by Mircea Piturca on

Description

getComputedStyle vs style vs .css()

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="element" style="width:200px">My Element</div>

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Testing in
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getComputedStyle
var element = document.getElementById("element"),
    width0 = parseInt(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null).getPropertyValue("width"), 10)
ready
style
var element = document.getElementById("element"),
    width1 = parseInt(element.style.width, 10);
ready
.css()
var element = $("#element"),
    width2 = parseInt(element.css("width"), 10);
ready

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