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Is type="text/css" Needed for Style and Link Tags?
Jul 8, 2014Web DevelopmentComments (1)
When used in either an inline stylesheet or an external stylesheet, the attribute type="text/css" is optional as of HTML5. In the HTML4 spec it was needed, though browsers were forgiving. If omitted, browsers will default to text/css.
You can safely do this:
Just make sure you're using the new HTML5 doctype at the top of your HTML document:
I tested this all the way back to Internet Explorer 6.
You can safely do this:
<style></style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">Just make sure you're using the new HTML5 doctype at the top of your HTML document:
<!DOCTYPE html>I tested this all the way back to Internet Explorer 6.