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Asked: 2026-05-25T21:16:35+00:00

It says here that it is not within HTML4, though I don’t really see

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It says here that it is not within HTML4, though I don’t really see where that’s spelled out in the text.
From what I can tell, based on this, it is ok to do so in HTML5 but I’m not entirely sure (assuming style is an HTML element?)

I am using this to rotate out a stylesheet and want it to be as valid as possible according to HTML5 specs, so wondering if I should rewrite it with a data-* element.

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  1. Editorial Team

    +1 Interesting question!

    Instead of using a style block, you should consider linking (link) to your stylesheets and then switch them out by referencing an id or a class.

    That said, title is perfectly acceptable for a style tag in HTML5. You can use this as a hook for your stylesheet switching.

    http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics.html#the-style-element

    Fyi… this validates

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title</title>
    <style title="whatever"></style>
  </head>
  <body>
    Test body
  </body>
</html>

    http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_input+with_options

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