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This document provides information about styling HTML documents with CSS. It discusses using inline, internal, and external CSS. Inline CSS uses the style attribute, internal CSS defines styles within the <style> element in the <head>, and external CSS links to a separate .css file. The document covers CSS properties for color, font, border, padding, and margin and how to target elements with IDs or classes.

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HTML Vs XML

This document provides information about styling HTML documents with CSS. It discusses using inline, internal, and external CSS. Inline CSS uses the style attribute, internal CSS defines styles within the <style> element in the <head>, and external CSS links to a separate .css file. The document covers CSS properties for color, font, border, padding, and margin and how to target elements with IDs or classes.

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HTML Styles - CSS

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CSS = Styles and Colors


M a n i p u l a t e T e x t
C o l o r s , B o x e s

Styling HTML with CSS


CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets.

CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper,


or in other media.

CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the layout of multiple web pages all at
once.

CSS can be added to HTML elements in 3 ways:

 Inline - by using the style attribute in HTML elements


 Internal - by using a <style> element in the <head> section
 External - by using an external CSS file

The most common way to add CSS, is to keep the styles in separate CSS files.
However, here we will use inline and internal styling, because this is easier to
demonstrate, and easier for you to try it yourself.

Tip: You can learn much more about CSS in our CSS Tutorial.

Inline CSS
An inline CSS is used to apply a unique style to a single HTML element.

An inline CSS uses the style attribute of an HTML element.

This example sets the text color of the <h1> element to blue:

Example
<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a Blue Heading</h1>
Try it Yourself »

Internal CSS
An internal CSS is used to define a style for a single HTML page.

An internal CSS is defined in the <head> section of an HTML page, within


a <style> element:

Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {background-color: powderblue;}
h1 {color: blue;}
p {color: red;}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself »
External CSS
An external style sheet is used to define the style for many HTML pages.

With an external style sheet, you can change the look of an entire web
site, by changing one file!

To use an external style sheet, add a link to it in the <head> section of the HTML
page:

Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself »

An external style sheet can be written in any text editor. The file must not
contain any HTML code, and must be saved with a .css extension.

Here is how the "styles.css" looks:

body {
background-color: powderblue;
}
h1 {
color: blue;
}
p {
color: red;
}
CSS Fonts
The CSS color property defines the text color to be used.

The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used.

The CSS font-size property defines the text size to be used.

Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
h1 {
color: blue;
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 300%;
}
p {
color: red;
font-family: courier;
font-size: 160%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself »

CSS Border
The CSS border property defines a border around an HTML element:

Example
p {
border: 1px solid powderblue;
}
Try it Yourself »

CSS Padding
The CSS padding property defines a padding (space) between the text and the
border:

Example
p {
border: 1px solid powderblue;
padding: 30px;
}
Try it Yourself »

CSS Margin
The CSS margin property defines a margin (space) outside the border:

Example
p {
border: 1px solid powderblue;
margin: 50px;
}
Try it Yourself »

The id Attribute
To define a specific style for one special element, add an id attribute to the
element:
<p id="p01">I am different</p>

then define a style for the element with the specific id:

Example
#p01 {
color: blue;
}
Try it Yourself »

Note: The id of an element should be unique within a page, so the id selector is


used to select one unique element!

The class Attribute


To define a style for special types of elements, add a class attribute to the
element:

<p class="error">I am different</p>

then define a style for the elements with the specific class:

Example
p.error {
color: red;
}
Try it Yourself »

External References
External style sheets can be referenced with a full URL or with a path relative to
the current web page.

This example uses a full URL to link to a style sheet:

Example
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="https://www.w3schools.com/html/styles.css">

Try it Yourself »

This example links to a style sheet located in the html folder on the current web
site:

Example
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/html/styles.css">

Try it Yourself »

This example links to a style sheet located in the same folder as the current
page:

Example
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">

Try it Yourself »

You can read more about file paths in the chapter HTML File Paths.

Chapter Summary
 Use the HTML style attribute for inline styling
 Use the HTML <style> element to define internal CSS
 Use the HTML <link> element to refer to an external CSS file
 Use the HTML <head> element to store <style> and <link> elements
 Use the CSS color property for text colors
 Use the CSS font-family property for text fonts
 Use the CSS font-size property for text sizes
 Use the CSS border property for borders
 Use the CSS padding property for space inside the border
 Use the CSS margin property for space outside the border
HTML Exercises
Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
Use CSS to set the background color of the document (body) to yellow.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>

:yellow;

</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>My Home Page</h1>

</body>
</html>

Submit Answer »

Start the Exercise

HTML Style Tags

Tag Description
<style> Defines style information for an HTML document

<link> Defines a link between a document and an external resource

For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.

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