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by Ian Lloyd

type (HTML attribute)

Browser support full matrix
IE5.5+ FF1+ Saf1.3+ Op9.2+
Full Full Full Full
Spec
Depr. Version
No HTML 4
type="MIME type"

Example

In this example, the MIME type is set to "text/css" to indicate that it’s standard CSS text:

<style type="text/css">
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</script>

Description

type is a required attribute of the style element that identifies the content enclosed between the opening <style> and closing </style> tags.

Value

A number of MIME types could be applied in the future, but as of now, the only value you need to enter is "text/css". (The "text/css" media type is defined in RFC 2318.)

Compatibility

IE5.5Full
6.0Full
7.0Full
Firefox1.0Full
1.5Full
2.0Full
Safari1.3Full
2.0Full
3.0Full
Opera9.2Full

Every browser listed supports this attribute.

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