I have a page message and i have a requirement like i want the text to be in red color. I have written a java script like <Script> window.onload=func1; function func1() { document.getElementById('{!$Component.msg2}').style.color = "#ff0000"; alert('{!$Component.msg2}'); } </Script> and the page message is like <apex:outputPanel id="errordisplayPanel" > <apex:outputPanel Id="errorspanel"> <input id="isDiscountCheckPrfmd" type="hidden" name="isDiscountCheckPrfmd" value="{!isDiscountCheckPrfmd}" /> <c:Displayerror id="errordisplay" errorList="{!lstAllError}" /> <br/> </apex:outputPanel> <div id="focusError"></div> <apex:pageMessages id="msg2" /> </apex:outputPanel> i dont know why its not working .But when i use the static id that i pick up using inspect element its working. It was like document.getElementById("createSOheaderpage:newheaderform:newheaderpb:msg2:j_id63:j_id64:0:j_id65:j_id66:j_id68").style.color = "#ff0000"; Can someone please help me with this Thanks in Advance