HTML <style> tag represents a style sheet code for a web page.
The style tag is generally used to give some visual styling or effects to all the HTML elements. It is defined under HTML <head> tag.
Also see the HTML <link> tag that is used to link external style sheets within web pages.
HTML style Tag Sample Code
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML/HTML5 style Tag with Example</title>
<style type="text/css">
p {
color: green;
font-size: 15px;
}
span {
text-decoration: underline;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is the example of <span>HTML style tag</span>.</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML style Tag Sample Result
This is the example of HTML style tag.
Tag Specific Attributes Support
Following are style tag attributes that are supported by <style> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| media | all projection screen tv etc. |
Represents the media or device target resource for the stylesheet |
| type | text/css | Represents the type of the stylesheet |
Standard Attributes Support
HTML <style> tag supports mostly all HTML Attributes. Following are some most common attributes that are used by <style> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| class | user_defined | Represents a style for an element which is used in CSS style sheet |
| id | user_defined | Represents unique id for an element |
| style | css_properties | Represents an inline style for an element for e.g style=”color:red;text-decoration:underline;” |
| title | user_defined | Represents a tooltip information for an elements like img, a, abbr etc |
Event Attributes Support
The “script” is invoked when a certain “event” occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. HTML <style> tag supports mostly all HTML Event Attributes. Following are some most common event attributes that are used by <style> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Event Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| onclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse click on the specified element |
| ondblclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse double-click on the specified element |
| onkeydown | script | Event Fires immediately when user is pressing a down key from keyboard |
| onkeypress | script | Event Fires immediately when user presses a key from keyboard |
| onkeyup | script | Event Fires immediately when user releases a key from keyboard |
| onmousedown | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets down from an element |
| onmousemove | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseout | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets out from an element |
| onmouseover | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseup | script | Event Fires immediately when a mouse pointer is released over an element |
