STYLE Element | style Object

Specifies a style sheet for the page.

Members Table

Attribute	Property	Description
	disabled	Sets or retrieves whether a style sheet is applied to the object.
ID	id	Retrieves the string identifying the object.
	innerHTML	Retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object.

Collection	Description
behaviorUrns	Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element.

Event	Description
onerror	Fires when an error occurs during object loading.
onreadystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
dragDrop	Initiates a drag event.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.

Style attribute	Style property	Description
MEDIA	media	Sets or retrieves the media type.
TYPE	type	Retrieves the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) language in which the style sheet is written.

Remarks

The STYLE element should appear in the HEAD section of an HTML document. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and later permit multiple style blocks.

This element is available in HTML as of Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

This element is not rendered.

This element requires a closing tag.

Example

This example encloses style declarations in the STYLE element and changes one of those settings using the style object.

<HEAD>
<STYLE>
   BODY {  background-color: white; color: black;  }
   H1 {  font: 8pt Arial bold;  }
   P  {  font: 10pt Arial; text-indent: 0.5in;  }
   A  {  text-decoration: none; color: blue;  }
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT>
    oParagraph.style.fontSize = 14;
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P>Sample Paragraph Text</P>
</BODY>

Standards Information

This object is defined in HTML 3.2 .

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STYLE Element | style Object