cant set style attribute value javascript / typescript

Question

I am trying to set the style for an element from a supplied object. like so:

function DOMparseChildren(children: any) {
    return children.map((child: any) => {
        if(typeof child === 'string') {
            return document.createTextNode(child);
        }
        return child;
    })
}

function nonNull(val: any, fallback: any) { return Boolean(val) ? val : fallback };

function DOMparseNode(element: any, properties: any, children: any) {
    const el = document.createElement(element) as HTMLElement;
    // here it is possible to set style...
    // el["style"]["color"] = "red";
    Object.keys(nonNull(properties, {})).forEach(key => {
        if(key === 'style') {
            Object.keys(nonNull(properties[key], {})).forEach(styleKey => {
                console.log(element + "." + key + "." + styleKey + " = " + properties[key][styleKey]);
                // here it is not possible.......
                el[key][styleKey] = properties[key][styleKey];
                el["style"]["color"] = "red";
            });
        }
        el[key] = properties[key];
    })
    DOMparseChildren(children).forEach((child: any) => {
        el.appendChild(child);
    });
    return el;
}

function DOMcreateElement(element: any, properties: any, ...children: any) {
    if(typeof element === 'function') {
        return element( { ...nonNull( properties, {} ), children } );
    }
    return DOMparseNode(element, properties, children);
}

usage, it is supposed to help with the following scenario:

document.body.appendChild(<div style={{color: 'red'}}></div>)

the console.log does log the correct output: h1.style.color = red

So why doesn't it apply my style right below the console.log ??

I don't get any errors.. Which makes debugging so much harder:(

If more context is needed please let me know!

with the ultimate goal being to replace the
el["style"]["color"] = "red";
with
el[key][styleKey] = properties[key][styleKey];

Answer 1

The line

el[key] = properties[key];

is overwriting all the styles that were set in the properties[key] loop. You should put that in an else block so it's only done for non-style properties.

function DOMparseNode(element: any, properties: any, children: any) {
    const el = document.createElement(element) as HTMLElement;
    // here it is possible to set style...
    // el["style"]["color"] = "red";
    Object.keys(nonNull(properties, {})).forEach(key => {
        if(key === 'style') {
            Object.keys(nonNull(properties[key], {})).forEach(styleKey => {
                console.log(element + "." + key + "." + styleKey + " = " + properties[key][styleKey]);
                // here it is not possible.......
                el[key][styleKey] = properties[key][styleKey];
                el["style"]["color"] = "red";
            });
        } else {
            el[key] = properties[key];
        }
    })
    DOMparseChildren(children).forEach((child: any) => {
        el.appendChild(child);
    });
    return el;
}