Return the letter spacing of a <p> element:
alert(document.getElementById("myP").style.letterSpacing);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="myP" style="letter-spacing:10px;">This is an example paragraph.</p> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return letter spacing of p</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/*from w w w . ja va 2 s . co m*/ document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myP").style.letterSpacing; } </script> </body> </html>