Return the text shadow:
alert(document.getElementById("myP").style.textShadow);
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="myP" style="text-shadow:2px 2px green;">This is an example paragraph.</p> <button type="button" onclick="myFunction()">Return text shadow of p</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/*from ww w .j av a2 s . c o m*/ document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = document.getElementById("myP").style.textShadow; } </script> </body> </html>