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title: "The <style> tag is like any other HTML tag"
url: "https://www.bekk.christmas/post/2022/20/the-style-tag-is-like-any-other-html-tag"
authors: ["Einar Afiouni"]
published: "2022-12-20"
updated: "2024-11-07T13:05:28Z"
language: "en-US"
type: "article"
tags: ["CSS"]
keywords: ["css", "contenteditable"]
---

# The <style> tag is like any other HTML tag

I saw this trick mentioned by Wes Bos on YouTube and wanted to share it because I thought it was pretty cool.

Did you know that the `style` tag can be used as any other HTML tag? That means if you display is as a block, it will display your CSS as text on your website.

That also means that you can add `contenteditable` to the tag so that you can edit the CSS and see the changes in real time. Nifty, right?

You can see and edit the CSS in the CodePen below

[CodePen](https://codepen.io/iernie/pen/dyKdBpq)

I've added some white-space styling and some javascript to hinder the browser from adding `<div>`s to the `style` tag when you hit enter, but other than that you can pretty much edit, add or remove whatever CSS you want. A transition is also added to all elements so that you can better see the changes. Try for example adding a `font-size` or `color`.

While I don't think this has any real world applications, I never thoght about how all HTML tags actually are HTML tags and can be used in the same way as all the others.

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