====== CSS - DIV - Inherit all css properties from parent div to child div ====== #parent, #parent > div { /* your properties */ } ---- ===== Dynamically inherit all CSS properties given to the parent at runtime ===== #child { all: inherit; } ---- ===== Using JQuery ===== Method to copy all styles (inherited, native, descended, inline, etc) from the @param source element, to the invoking element: $.fn.copyCSS = function (source) { var dom = $(source).get(0); var dest = {}; var style, prop; if (window.getComputedStyle) { var camelize = function (a, b) { return b.toUpperCase(); }; if (style = window.getComputedStyle(dom, null)) { var camel, val; if (style.length) { for (var i = 0, l = style.length; i < l; i++) { prop = style[i]; camel = prop.replace(/\-([a-z])/, camelize); val = style.getPropertyValue(prop); dest[camel] = val; } } else { for (prop in style) { camel = prop.replace(/\-([a-z])/, camelize); val = style.getPropertyValue(prop) || style[prop]; dest[camel] = val; } } return this.css(dest); } } if (style = dom.currentStyle) { for (prop in style) { dest[prop] = style[prop]; } return this.css(dest); } if (style = dom.style) { for (prop in style) { if (typeof style[prop] != 'function') { dest[prop] = style[prop]; } } } return this.css(dest); }; ---- ===== References ===== http://blog.moagrius.com/javascript/jquery-copy-style-copycss/ https://github.com/moagrius/copycss