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  <html>
      <head>
          <title>Computed Style Example</title>
          <style type="text/css">
              div.special {
                  background-color: red;
                  height: 10px;
                  width: 10px;
                  margin: 10px;
              }
          </style>
          <script type="text/javascript">
              function getBackgroundColor() {
                  var oDiv = document.getElementById("div1");
                  alert(document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(oDiv, null).backgroundColor);
              }
          </script>
   
      </head>
      <body>
          <div id="div1" class="special"></div>
          <input type="button" value="Get Background Color" onclick="getBackgroundColor()" />
          <p><strong>Note:</strong> This example uses the DOM style methods and will fail in Internet Explorer.</p>
      </body>
  </html>
  


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