HTML <i> style Attribute

An <i> element with a style attribute.

<article>
  <p>
     Van Gogh and Gauguin visited the city of 
     <i style="background:papayawhip;color:brown;">Montpellier</i> 
     in December 1888.
  </p>
</article>

<i style="CSS-styles">

An <i> element with a style attribute.
Clicking the button toggles the background color.

<article>
  <p>
    Van Gogh and Gauguin visited the city of
    <i id="myi" style="background:papayawhip;color:brown;">Montpellier</i> 
    in December 1888.
  </p>
</article>

<br/>
<button type="button" onclick="toggle();">Toggle style</button>

<script>
  let toggle = () => {
    let element = document.getElementById("myi");

    if (element.style.backgroundColor === "papayawhip") {
       element.style.backgroundColor = "cornsilk";
    } else {
       element.style.backgroundColor = "papayawhip";
    }
  }
</script>

Code explanation

Here is when style support started for each browser:

Chrome	1.0	Sep 2008
Firefox	1.0	Sep 2002
IE/Edge	1.0	Aug 1995
Opera	1.0	Jan 2006
Safari	1.0	Jan 2003

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