Return the border-top property values of a <div> element:
alert(document.getElementById("myDiv").style.borderTop);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <div id="myDiv" style="border-top:5px solid red;">This is a div element.</div> <br> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return top border</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {//from w ww . j a v a 2s. c o m document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myDiv").style.borderTop; } </script> </body> </html>