html styles

HTML <style> element carry style information for a document. Style information can be attached as a separate document or embedded in the HTML document.

Three ways you can implement style in HTML:

  • Inline Style
  • Internal Style
  • External Style

Note: Internal and External styles discussed in the next chapters


HTML Style Attribute

    A HTML style element can be written with the <style> attribute.

Syntax for HTML style Attribute:

    <tagname style="property:value;">write the content</tagname>

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>HTML Style Attribute</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Style Attribute for paragraph</h1>
<p style="color:green;">This is a paragraph with style attribute</p>
</body>
</html>


HTML Inline Style

    Inline style attribute come with a property and value pair. It written inside the start tag of the element using the style attribute. Each property and value pair is separted by semicolon (;).

Example:

<p style="color:green;font-size:16px;text-align:center;">This paragraph contains property and value pair with style attribute</p>

HTML Body element with Background color

    HTML Background color can be set with the style attribute to the body element with the property and value pair in the start tag of the body element.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>HTML Background color</title>
</head>
<body style="background-color:dodgerblue;">
<h1>Background color for body tag<h1>
<p>The background color has set to the body element with the style attribute</p>
</body>
</html>

Note: In the next chapters we will discuss with more style attributes. For example: text-align, color, fonts, and etc.,

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