diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
index d07b429d17..d2e5711ca8 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js
@@ -64,6 +64,28 @@ OpenLayers.String = {
         return str.replace(/^\s\s*/, '').replace(/\s\s*$/, '');
     },
     
+    /**
+     * APIFunction: camelize
+     * Camel-case a hyphenated string. 
+     *     Ex. "chicken-head" becomes "chickenHead", and
+     *     "-chicken-head" becomes "ChickenHead".
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * str - {String} The string to be camelized.  The original is not modified.
+     * 
+     * Returns:
+     * {String} The string, camelized
+     */
+    camelize: function(str) {
+        var oStringList = str.split('-');
+        var camelizedString = oStringList[0];
+        for (var i=1, len=oStringList.length; i<len; i++) {
+            var s = oStringList[i];
+            camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
+        }
+        return camelizedString;
+    },
+    
     /**
      * APIFunction: format
      * Given a string with tokens in the form ${token}, return a string
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Element.js b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Element.js
index 9241df393e..b42201a9e1 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Element.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Element.js
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ OpenLayers.Element = {
 
         var value = null;
         if (element && element.style) {
-            value = element.style[style];
+            value = element.style[OpenLayers.String.camelize(style)];
             if (!value) {
                 if (document.defaultView && 
                     document.defaultView.getComputedStyle) {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ OpenLayers.Element = {
                     var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(element, null);
                     value = css ? css.getPropertyValue(style) : null;
                 } else if (element.currentStyle) {
-                    value = element.currentStyle[style];
+                    value = element.currentStyle[OpenLayers.String.camelize(style)];
                 }
             }
         
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js
index f338867f02..29fefeb5b2 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js
@@ -493,14 +493,14 @@ OpenLayers.Control.OverviewMap = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
         this.ovmap.zoomToMaxExtent();
         // check extent rectangle border width
         this.wComp = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.extentRectangle,
-                                               'borderLeftWidth')) +
+                                               'border-left-width')) +
                      parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.extentRectangle,
-                                               'borderRightWidth'));
+                                               'border-right-width'));
         this.wComp = (this.wComp) ? this.wComp : 2;
         this.hComp = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.extentRectangle,
                                                'border-top-width')) +
                      parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.extentRectangle,
-                                               'borderBottomWidth'));
+                                               'border-bottom-width'));
         this.hComp = (this.hComp) ? this.hComp : 2;
 
         this.handlers.drag = new OpenLayers.Handler.Drag(
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Box.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Box.js
index 4040ea5ff2..76aad7386f 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Box.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Handler/Box.js
@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ OpenLayers.Handler.Box = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Handler, {
             document.body.removeChild(testDiv);
             
             var left = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.zoomBox,
-                "borderLeftWidth"));
+                "border-left-width"));
             var right = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(
-                this.zoomBox, "borderRightWidth"));
+                this.zoomBox, "border-right-width"));
             var top = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.zoomBox,
-                "borderTopWidth"));
+                "border-top-width"));
             var bottom = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(
-                this.zoomBox, "borderBottomWidth"));
+                this.zoomBox, "border-bottom-width"));
             this.boxOffsets = {
                 left: left,
                 right: right,
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Popup.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Popup.js
index d28e40a76b..774ecb8c03 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Popup.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Popup.js
@@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ OpenLayers.Popup = OpenLayers.Class({
 	            
             //read the padding settings from css, put them in an OL.Bounds        
             contentDivPadding = new OpenLayers.Bounds(
-                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "paddingLeft"),
-                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "paddingBottom"),
-                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "paddingRight"),
-                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "paddingTop")
+                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "padding-left"),
+                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "padding-bottom"),
+                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "padding-right"),
+                OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(this.contentDiv, "padding-top")
             );
     
             //cache the value
diff --git a/lib/deprecated.js b/lib/deprecated.js
index a86fcdaa8b..c22b849216 100644
--- a/lib/deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/deprecated.js
@@ -105,30 +105,6 @@ OpenLayers.Util.clearArray = function(array) {
     array.length = 0;
 };
 
-
-/**
- * APIFunction: camelize
- * Camel-case a hyphenated string. 
- *     Ex. "chicken-head" becomes "chickenHead", and
- *     "-chicken-head" becomes "ChickenHead".
- *
- * Parameters:
- * str - {String} The string to be camelized.  The original is not modified.
- * 
- * Returns:
- * {String} The string, camelized
- */
-
-OpenLayers.String.camelize = function(str) {
-    var oStringList = str.split('-');
-    var camelizedString = oStringList[0];
-    for (var i=1, len=oStringList.length; i<len; i++) {
-        var s = oStringList[i];
-        camelizedString += s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
-    }
-    return camelizedString;
-};
-
 /**
  * Function: setOpacity
  * *Deprecated*.  This function has been deprecated. Instead, please use 
diff --git a/notes/2.12.md b/notes/2.12.md
index e4e9b09ca3..7b0fba7267 100644
--- a/notes/2.12.md
+++ b/notes/2.12.md
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ A number of properties, methods, and constructors have been marked as deprecated
  * OpenLayers.Util.setOpacity
  * OpenLayers.Util.safeStopPropagation
  * OpenLayers.Util.getArgs
- * OpenLayers.Sring.camelize
  * OpenLayers.nullHandler
  * OpenLayers.loadURL
  * OpenLayers.parseXMLString
diff --git a/tests/BaseTypes.html b/tests/BaseTypes.html
index 772cc7bdc9..c264d4a54f 100644
--- a/tests/BaseTypes.html
+++ b/tests/BaseTypes.html
@@ -59,7 +59,34 @@
         str = " ";
         t.eq(OpenLayers.String.trim(str), "", "whitespace string is trimmed correctly");
     }
+        
+    function test_String_camelize(t) {
+        t.plan(7);
+        
+        var str = "chickenhead";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenhead", "string with no hyphens is left alone");
 
+        str = "chicken-head";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHead", "string with one middle hyphen is camelized correctly");
+
+        str = "chicken-head-man";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHeadMan", "string with multiple middle hyphens is camelized correctly");
+
+        str = "-chickenhead";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "Chickenhead", "string with starting hyphen is camelized correctly (capitalized)");
+
+        str = "-chicken-head-man";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "ChickenHeadMan", "string with starting hypen and multiple middle hyphens is camelized correctly");
+
+        str = "chicken-";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chicken", "string ending in hyphen is camelized correctly (hyphen dropped)");
+
+        str = "chicken-head-man-";
+        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHeadMan", "string with multiple middle hyphens and end hyphen is camelized correctly (end hyphen dropped)");
+
+
+    }
+    
     function test_String_format(t) {
         var unchanged = [
             "", "${ ", "${", " ${", "${${", "${}", "${${}}", " ${ ${",
diff --git a/tests/Handler/Box.html b/tests/Handler/Box.html
index 4b497b7b43..edb20d053d 100644
--- a/tests/Handler/Box.html
+++ b/tests/Handler/Box.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         // Chromium 10: left is 0
         var testdiv = OpenLayers.Util.createDiv('testdiv', new OpenLayers.Pixel(5, 5));
         map.div.appendChild(testdiv);
-        var left = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(testdiv, 'borderLeftWidth'));
+        var left = parseInt(OpenLayers.Element.getStyle(testdiv, 'border-left-width'));
         map.div.removeChild(testdiv);
         var testAll = !isNaN(left);
 
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/BaseTypes.html b/tests/deprecated/BaseTypes.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b8a66b8574..0000000000
--- a/tests/deprecated/BaseTypes.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-    <script src="../../OLLoader.js"></script>
-    <script src="../../../lib/deprecated.js"></script>
-
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-
-     function test_String_camelize(t) {
-        t.plan(7);
-        
-        var str = "chickenhead";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenhead", "string with no hyphens is left alone");
-
-        str = "chicken-head";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHead", "string with one middle hyphen is camelized correctly");
-
-        str = "chicken-head-man";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHeadMan", "string with multiple middle hyphens is camelized correctly");
-
-        str = "-chickenhead";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "Chickenhead", "string with starting hyphen is camelized correctly (capitalized)");
-
-        str = "-chicken-head-man";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "ChickenHeadMan", "string with starting hypen and multiple middle hyphens is camelized correctly");
-
-        str = "chicken-";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chicken", "string ending in hyphen is camelized correctly (hyphen dropped)");
-
-        str = "chicken-head-man-";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHeadMan", "string with multiple middle hyphens and end hyphen is camelized correctly (end hyphen dropped)");
-
-
-    }
-
-    </script>
-</head>
-<body>
-</body>
-</html>
-        
diff --git a/tests/deprecated/BaseTypes/String.html b/tests/deprecated/BaseTypes/String.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b8a66b8574..0000000000
--- a/tests/deprecated/BaseTypes/String.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-    <script src="../../OLLoader.js"></script>
-    <script src="../../../lib/deprecated.js"></script>
-
-    <script type="text/javascript">
-
-     function test_String_camelize(t) {
-        t.plan(7);
-        
-        var str = "chickenhead";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenhead", "string with no hyphens is left alone");
-
-        str = "chicken-head";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHead", "string with one middle hyphen is camelized correctly");
-
-        str = "chicken-head-man";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHeadMan", "string with multiple middle hyphens is camelized correctly");
-
-        str = "-chickenhead";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "Chickenhead", "string with starting hyphen is camelized correctly (capitalized)");
-
-        str = "-chicken-head-man";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "ChickenHeadMan", "string with starting hypen and multiple middle hyphens is camelized correctly");
-
-        str = "chicken-";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chicken", "string ending in hyphen is camelized correctly (hyphen dropped)");
-
-        str = "chicken-head-man-";
-        t.eq(OpenLayers.String.camelize(str), "chickenHeadMan", "string with multiple middle hyphens and end hyphen is camelized correctly (end hyphen dropped)");
-
-
-    }
-
-    </script>
-</head>
-<body>
-</body>
-</html>
-        
diff --git a/tests/list-tests.html b/tests/list-tests.html
index 6fe622d95b..7c4cb1d402 100644
--- a/tests/list-tests.html
+++ b/tests/list-tests.html
@@ -226,7 +226,6 @@
     <li>deprecated/Ajax.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/BaseTypes/Class.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/BaseTypes/Element.html</li>
-    <li>deprecated/BaseTypes/String.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Control/MouseToolbar.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Geometry/Rectangle.html</li>
     <li>deprecated/Layer/GML.html</li>