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For example in javascript using getelementbyid:

document.getElementById("theID").style.width="100%";

can i change the css from the node retrieved by xpath like with getelementbyid?

fpilee
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  • With XPath you can query XML, not change it. – Kirill Polishchuk Jan 25 '13 at 01:23
  • There is no "XPath" here. Please consider posting a *real* example/intended usage. Also, it doesn't matter *how* an Element is found in the DOM (gEBI, CSS selectors, XPath): DOM Elements can be mutated, as what is done in the posted code. –  Jan 25 '13 at 02:23

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Yes, i did it like this:

var xpath = 'your xpath';

var matchingElement = document.evaluate(xpath, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).singleNodeValue;

matchingElement.style.color = "blue";
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xpath= $x('//body'); // this will return an array usually containing 1 element

xpath[0].classList.value=""; // edit class name

xpath[0].style.display="none"; // edit style attributes

useful links I found: https://devhints.io/xpath#class-check

How can I change an element's class with JavaScript?

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