February 17Feb 17 Administrators HTML Styles The HTML style attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more. Example I am Red I am Blue I am 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 Set the background color for a page to powderblue: <body style="background-color:powderblue;"><h1>This is a heading</h1><p>This is a paragraph.</p></body> Example Set background color for two different elements: <body><h1 style="background-color:powderblue;">This is a heading</h1><p style="background-color:tomato;">This is a paragraph.</p></body> 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> Chapter Summary Use the style attribute for styling HTML elements Use background-color for background color Use color for text colors Use font-family for text fonts Use font-size for text sizes Use text-align for text alignment Video: HTML Styles
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