To copy the element’s CSS on Firefox, you’ll need to select all the text that you’re seeing:īut most of the time this is going to give you a very polluted and big code, and it doesn’t copy multiple elements at once. On the right panel of the Devtools, it’s the CSS code (styles) we want to copy:Īs you can see, some rules are striked-through (canceled) because they are overriden by properties above that has higher CSS specificity. Then, right-click on it and choose the option to Inspect Element.įirefox doesn’t have the option “Copy styles” that Chrome has so it’s a bit harder. On Firefox (without CSS Scan):įirst, hover over the element you want to copy. While with CSS Scan, you can copy not only the selected element but also all its child elements, their pseudo-classes (:hover, :active, etc) styles, all the computed CSS variables, and copy all the elements you want in a faster and easier way - without making all these steps, again, and again. it might take some time if you need to copy lots of elements.it copies all CSS variables declared on the :root (even if they aren’t used on the selected element), polluting the code depending on the website.it doesn’t copy the element’s pseudo-classes (such as :hover, :active, etc) styles, which are special states, and for example, can be used to change a button’s color when the user’s pointer hovers over it, and many other purposes.it doesn’t copy child elements (you’ll have to copy element by element, while with CSS Scan you can copy thousands of elements with a single click).⚠️ The biggest downsides of this approach are that: Having the right element selected on the HTML DOM tree, right-click on it and choose “Copy” > “Copy styles”.Īnd done, the CSS was copied! That’s how you copy CSS from “Inspect element”. On the left side is the HTML DOM tree, and on the right side, the CSS styles of the selected element. Then, right-click on it and choose the option “Inspect”. On Chrome (without CSS Scan):įirst, hover over the element you want to copy. To use the extension, you can try it out a free demo on the home page. And it copies not only the selected element but also all its child elements, pseudo-classes, and pseudo-elements.Īnd any element that you hover over, you’ll instantly inspect its CSS code, so it’ll save you a lot of time. Once the code is copied, you can paste it anywhere. To copy the CSS code of any element with CSS Scan, click on the element you want to copy. It’s available on all of the four browsers above (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge) as an extension. It’s simple, it works on every website, and it’s fast. With CSS Scan (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge):ĬSS Scan is by far the easiest way to copy an element’s CSS nowadays. Here are simple steps you can do to inspect and copy the CSS of an element from a website.
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