HTML style attribute

In this article, we will see the HTML style attribute, along with understanding its implementation through examples. Styles in HTML are basically rules that describe how a document will be presented in a browser. Style information can be either attached as a separate document or embedded in the HTML document. There are 3 ways of implementing style in HTML:

Inline Style: In this method, the style attribute is used inside the HTML start tag.
Embedded Style: In this method, the style element is used inside the <head> element of the document.
External Style: In this method, the <link> element is used to point to an external CSS file.

Supported Tags: It supports all HTML elements.

Inline Style: In Inline styling, the CSS rules are directly written inside the starting tag using the style attribute. The style attribute includes a series of CSS property and value pairs. Each ‘ property: value ‘ pair is separated by a semicolon ( ; ). This attribute will override the style properties globally for any relevant style set.

Example: This example describes the internal style by specifying the style attribute to add the various styling properties.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Inline Styling</title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1 style="color:Blue;font-size:25px;">
        Example of Inline Style
    </h1>
    <p style="color:red;">First paragraph</p>
 
    <p style="color:green;font-size:40px;">
          Second paragraph
      </p>
    <hr style="border-color:orange;">
</body>
</html>

Output:

style attribute

Embedded Style: Embedded or internal style sheets only affect the document they are embedded in. Embedded style sheets are defined in the <head> section of an HTML document using the <style> tag.

Example: This example describes the embedded style property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <style type="text/css">
        body {
            background-color: powderblue;
        }
 
        h1 {
            color: black;
            font-family: arial;
        }
 
        p {
            color: yellow;
            font-family: verdana;
        }
    </style>
    <title>Embedded Styling</title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>Example of Embedded Style</h1>
    <p>First paragraph.</p>
 
</body>
</html>

Output:

Embedded Style

External Style Sheet: External Style Sheets method can be useful when the CSS has to be applied to various web pages. An external style sheet holds all the style rules in a separate document that you can link from an HTML file on your site. There are two ways of attaching external style sheets:

Linking External Style Sheets
Importing External Style Sheets

Linking External Style Sheets: In this method, an external style sheet is linked to an HTML document using the <link> tag.

Example: This example describes the external style sheet to add the various styling properties.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          type="text/css"
          href="/html/css/externalstyle.css">
    <title>External Styling</title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h3>Example of Linking External Style Sheet</h3>
    <p>First paragraph.</p>
 
</body>
</html>

Output:

External Style

Importing External Style Sheets: External style sheets can be loaded into an HTML document using “@import“. The “@import” statement instructs the browser to load the CSS file. Other CSS rules can also be included using the <style> element.

Example: This example describes the importing external style sheet to add the styling properties from the external style.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <style type="text/css">
        @import url("/html/css/importstyle.css");
 
        p {
            color: powderblue;
            font-size: 30px;
        }
    </style>
    <title>Importing external Styling</title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h3>Example of external style sheet using import</h3>
    <p>First paragraph</p>
 
</body>
</html>