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CSS CSS Basics Getting Started with CSS Adding CSS to HTML: Internal Styles

Posted by Dustin Virts
Dustin Virts
3,802 Points

If in-line html styling is not recommended and accepted practices are to use a css stylesheet, then why train on this?

If in-line html styling is not recommended and accepted practices are to use a css stylesheet, then why are their training steps to learn how to do this? it literally says that doing it this way is not recommended... but here is how you do it anyway. So strange.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

There are situations where in-line styling can be very useful, such as:

  • for a quick, temporary test of a style that will be implemented more conventionally later
  • when the CSS file is not editable or has been minimized
  • when the CSS is being managed by a framework that should be left intact
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
7,895 Points
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
7,895 Points

Adding on to Steven's response:

It is also important to be able to recognize and understand inline styling should you encounter it in another developer's code so that you can respond to it effectively when styling and making adjustments. For example, if you notice that the CSS styles are being overridden by the inline styles in the html you could make the necessary changes to accomplish your goals.