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In this article, we would like to show how to add styles to HTML code (how to add CSS to HTML).
The most popular approaches are: using link tag, style tag and style attribute.
Quick solutions:
1. Link to stylesheet file (*.css file):
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/path/to/styles.css" />
Hint: put it to
<head>element.
2. Embedded styles:
<style>
body {
background: red;
}
</style>
Hint: put it somewhere in the source code.
3. Inline styles:
<p style="font-size: 20px; color: brown;">Brown text ...</p>
This article is like an overview of different approaches with examples.
Practical examples
1. Link to stylesheet file example
index.htm file:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" />
</head>
<body>
Red web page...
</body>
</html>
styles.css file:
body {
background: red;
}
Result:
2. Embed CSS (style tag) example
index.htm file:
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
background: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Red web page...
</body>
</html>
Result:
3. Inline styles example
index.htm file:
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body style="background: red;">
<p style="font-size: 20px; color: brown;">
Red web page...
</p>
</body>
</html>
Result:
4. Import of stylesheet file example
index.htm file:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
@import 'styles.css';
</style>
</head>
<body>
This is red web page...
</body>
</html>
styles.css file:
body {
background: red;
}
Result:
5. JavaScript CSS file injection example
index.htm file:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<p>This is red web page...</p>
<script>
var element = document.createElement('link');
element.addEventListener('load', function() {
document.body.innerHTML += '<p>Styles loaded!</p>';
});
element.addEventListener('error', function() {
document.body.innerHTML += '<p>Styles error!</p>';
});
element.setAttribute('rel', 'stylesheet');
element.setAttribute('href', 'styles.css');
document.head.appendChild(element);
</script>
</body>
</html>
styles.css file:
body {
background: red;
}
Result:
6. JavaScript Embed CSS (style tag) injection example
index.htm file:
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
<p>This is red web page...</p>
<script>
var element = document.createElement('style');
element.appendChild(document.createTextNode('body { background: red; }'));
// Add more rules here ...
document.head.appendChild(element);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Result:
7. JavaScript inline styles example
index.htm file:
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body id="page">
<p>This is red web page...</p>
<script>
var element = document.getElementById('page'); // or document.body
element.style.background = 'red';
element.style.color = 'brown';
//element.style.cssText = 'background: red; color: brown;';
</script>
</body>
</html>
Result:
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