CSSStyleSheet: removeRule() method

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The obsolete CSSStyleSheet method removeRule() removes a rule from the stylesheet object. It is functionally identical to the standard, preferred method deleteRule().

Note: This is a legacy method which has been replaced by the standard method deleteRule(). You should use that instead.

Syntax

removeRule(index)

Parameters

index: The index into the stylesheet's CSSRuleList indicating the rule to be removed.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

This example removes the first rule from the stylesheet myStyles.

myStyles.removeRule(0);

You can rewrite this to use the standard deleteRule() method very easily:

myStyles.deleteRule(0);

Specifications

Specification
CSS Object Model (CSSOM) # dom-cssstylesheet-removerule

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