 <p>For inline styles:</p> <pre><code>var styles = $("#someelement").attr("style"); </code></pre> <p>From there, you should be able to split this string if you need to loop the styles.</p> <p>To check individual styles, check the docs:</p> <p><a href="http://docs.jquery.com/CSS" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.jquery.com/CSS</a></p>