HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

style — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

<style> . . . </style>

Inserts style information (commonly Cascading Style Sheets) into the head of a document.

In HTML5, the style element may be used in the content of the document.

Required/Required

Internationalization, HTML5 Global Attributes

id="text": XHTML and XHTML5. Assigns a unique identifying name to the element.
media="all|aural|braille|handheld|print|projection|screen|tty|tv": Specifies the intended destination medium for the style information. It may be a single keyword or a comma-separated list. The default in the HTML 4.01 spec is screen. In HTML5, the default is all.
scoped (scoped="scoped" in XHTML5): HTML5 only. Applies the styles only to the local document tree (i.e., only the descendants of the parent of the style element).
title="text": Gives the embedded style sheet a title.
type="content type" (text/css): Required in HTML 4.01. Specifies the style sheet language. For Cascading Style Sheets (currently the only style type option), the value is text/css. In HTML5, the type attribute is optional if using CSS.
xml:space="preserve": XHTML only. Instructs XML processors to preserve the whitespace in the element.

Note that the type attribute is optional in HTML5 when using CSS.

<head>
<style type="text/css">
   h1 {color: #666;}
</style>
<title>Scientific Presentation</title>
</head>

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