Custom Type to allow all of its methods to be used with any DOM element via the dollar function $.

Sets a CSS property to the Element.

myElement.setStyle(property, value);

1. property - (string) The property to set.
2. value - (mixed) The value to which to set it. Numeric values of properties requiring a unit will automatically be appended with 'px'.

• (element) This element.

//Both lines have the same effect.
$('myElement').setStyle('width', '300px'); // the width is now 300px.
$('myElement').setStyle('width', 300); // the width is now 300px.

• All number values will automatically be rounded to the nearest whole number.

Returns the style of the Element given the property passed in.

var style = myElement.getStyle(property);

1. property - (string) The css style property you want to retrieve.

• (string) The style value.

$('myElement').getStyle('width'); // returns "300px".
$('myElement').getStyle('width').toInt(); // returns 300.

Applies a collection of styles to the Element.

myElement.setStyles(styles);

1. styles - (object) An object of property/value pairs for all the styles to apply.

• (element) This element.

$('myElement').setStyles({
    border: '1px solid #000',
    width: 300,
    height: 400
});

• Element:getStyle

Returns an object of styles of the Element for each argument passed in.

var styles = myElement.getStyles(property[, property2[, property3[, ...]]]);

1. properties - (strings) Any number of style properties.

• (object) An key/value object with the CSS styles as computed by the browser.

$('myElement').getStyles('width', 'height', 'padding');
// returns {width: '10px', height: '10px', padding: '10px 0px 10px 0px'}

• Element:getStyle