Changing :before styling with Javascript

Question

I am wanting to change the color of the stars on this page using js edit:link is now dead

It is the :before on the class "star-rating" that is controlling the color but I have not been able to successfully change it, possibly because it has an important on it.

I read this but it didn't help Javascript set CSS :after styles

Thanks

Alex

I only want it to happen on certain pages, and I didn't make the theme so would rather stay out of the css files — Alex, Dec 05 '13 at 14:04
so you can create your own stylesheet or put it on the head of the pages you want are you searching a solution for pure js or jquery too? — DaniP, Dec 05 '13 at 14:05
the pages are dynamically created by a plugin in Wordpress, js is the only way I can achieve what I want to do — Alex, Dec 05 '13 at 14:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '13 at 14:29

Probably not the nicest way to do it, but

s = document.createElement('style') ; 
s.innerHTML = '.star-rating span:before, .star-rating:before, .woocommerce-page .star-rating:before { color:pink !important}' ; 
document.head.appendChild(s);

i.e. add a style tag to the head which overrides the style for those stars.

Nish · Answer 2 · 2013-12-05T14:26:23.503

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The only solution is to remove and add new DOM for that stars or you can remove that !important from css and then change by using JS.

Otherwise use jquery and then :

starDiv = document.getElementsByClassName("star-rating")[0];
$(starDiv).css('color', 'red', 'important');

edited Dec 05 '13 at 14:26

answered Dec 05 '13 at 14:14

Nish

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You can do that by using jquery but you are not using jquery – Nish Dec 05 '13 at 14:18

Changing :before styling with Javascript

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