style

Summary

Sets an inline style for the element.

Applies to	dom/HTMLElement

This attribute is used to set styling in the form of [CSS rules](/guides/getting_started_with_css#Defining_style_rules) to an element.

Examples

<!doctype html>
<title>HTML Style Attribute Usage</title>
<p style="background-color: blue; color: white;">This will be white text with a blue background.</p>

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Usage

 While this is perfectly valid, it is *highly* recommended by the community at large that you not use inline styles. Instead it is much better to simply target the element you want in your CSS and apply rules in there.

Notes

Remarks

This attribute is not accessible through scripting. To access styles through scripting, use the style object.

Related specifications

HTML4 Specification: W3C Recommendation

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