Presentation and Content
Description
Some HTML elements have an impact on presentation. When the browser encounters a element, it will change the way the content is displayed.
The code element is one of them.
When the browser encounters the code element,
it displays the enclosed content using a fixed-width font.
The use of HTML elements to manage presentation is now strongly discouraged.
You should use HTML elements to define the structure and use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the presentation.
Example
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. It defines how to display HTML elements.
The following HTML code includes CSS for styling.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
a { <!--from w w w .jav a 2 s . c om-->
background-color:grey;
color:white
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://java2s.com">Visit the website</a>
</body>
</html>
The code above set the background color and foreground color.
Styles are normally saved in external .css files.