CSS Introduction

What is CSS?

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 { <!--   w w  w  . j  a  va 2s  .co  m-->
            background-color:grey; 
            color:white 
        } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <a href="http://java2s.com">Visit the website</a> 
    </body> 
</html>

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The code above set the background color and foreground color.

Styles are normally saved in external .css files.

The code above generates the following result.