Return the font size of a <p> element:
alert(document.getElementById("myP").style.fontSize);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="myP" style="font-size:200%">This is a paragraph.</p> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return font size</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/*from w ww . j a v a 2 s . com*/ document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myP").style.fontSize; } </script> </body> </html>