HTML Styles
The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.
Example:
This text is Red
This text is Blue
This text is Big
The HTML Style Attribute
Setting the style of an HTML element, can be done with the style attribute. The HTML style attribute has the following syntax:
<tagname style="property:value;">
The property is a CSS property. The value is a CSS value. You will learn more about CSS later in this tutorial.
Background Color
The CSS background-color property defines the background color for an HTML element.
Example:
Setting the background color for a page to blue
<body style="background-color:blue;">
<h4>This is a heading</h4>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
will yield:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
[This should fill the entire body of your HTML webpage]
You may also set background color for two different elements.
Example:
Setting background color for two different elements.
<body>
<h1 style="background-color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="background-color:green;">This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
will yield:
This is a heading
This is a paragraph.
[This should fill the entire heading and paragraph of your HTML webpage]
Text Color
The CSS color property defines the text color for an HTML element.
Example:
<h1 style="color:blue;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="color:red;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Fonts
The CSS font-family property defines the font to be used for an HTML element.
Example:
<h1 style="font-family:verdana;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-family:courier;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Text Size
The CSS font-size property defines the text size for an HTML element.
Example:
<h1 style="font-size:300%;">This is a heading</h1>
<p style="font-size:160%;">This is a paragraph.</p>
Text Alignment
The CSS text-align property defines the horizontal text alignment for an HTML element.
Example:
<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered paragraph.</p> |
