Check element CSS display with JavaScript

Question

Is it possible to check if an element's CSS display == block or none using JavaScript?

Answer 1

As sdleihssirhc says below, if the element's display is being inherited or being specified by a CSS rule, you'll need to get its computed style:

return window.getComputedStyle(element, null).display;

Elements have a style property that will tell you what you want, if the style was declared inline or with JavaScript:

console.log(document.getElementById('someIDThatExists').style.display);

will give you a string value.