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Can CSS Work Without HTML?🙆
We know that HTML defines the structure of a webpage, while CSS controls its design. But is it possible to use CSS without HTML? What happens if we use only CSS? Can CSS work with other languages like JavaScript or XML? If CSS depends on HTML, why are they considered separate technologies? https://sololearn.onelink.me/MfgO/h4rymvb7
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Sadamhussain sanggen17 yes but even when not directly using HTML tags, CSS always needs a structured document to work with.
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BroFar
yes, i saw that, too.
it's a nice party trick. 😁
but pseudo-elements are technically child-elements.
css has been evolving a lot, it's becoming almost like a programming language. It has variables, you can calculate, do conditional selections, create pseudo classes and elements.
so yes, maybe one day, we can build page content with css alone, which will certainly be borderline madness...
https://weitzel.dev/post/css-programming-language/
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have you tried it?
it's easy...
just delete everything inside the <body></body> tags.
then you see what happens.
css works with Js. But without any html, you end up generating the html with js. So you still have html.
css works with xml, because xml, like html, provides the structure for css to be applied to.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/displaying-xml-using-css/
you can also use css with svg.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Tutorial/SVG_and_CSS#simplified_structure
yes, they are separate technologies. html can work without css. css cannot work by itself. It needs to be applied to something.
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No. The example @Brofar shared may be missleading as it appears to not need HTML. However, it still uses HTML. In the playground, many things happen behind the scenes. The CSS is inserted into the html document style tag.
So it actually looks like this.
<html>
<head>... </head>
<style> ... </style> <!-- content in the css gets inserted in the style tag. -->
<body style="height: max-content;">
::before
</body>
</html>
So technically it still needs HTML for the structure, as stated by @brofar
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No, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) cannot work without HTML (HyperText Markup Language).
CSS is a styling language that is used to style HTML elements. It doesn't have any inherent display mechanism of its own. It needs HTML to provide the content and structure that CSS will then style. Think of HTML as the building's framework and CSS as the paint, wallpaper, and furniture. You can't have the paint and furniture without a building to apply them to.
But maybe there's a way, 😺 let me know
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Thanks for all
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Thanks for all
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No Directly
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Without HTML we can not apply CSS.
Because if we are applying CSS without HTML, why is it work? We can apply CSS rule on HTML. But when we don't write HTML so how CSS will work.
HTML is a basic structure and CSS and Java script will always apply on this. But when a coder delete all HTML code then definitely CSS and JAVA will not work.
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Yes, CSS can exist independently of HTML, but it has little practical use on its own.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is primarily designed to style and format HTML documents, controlling elements like colors, fonts, layouts, and animations. However, CSS is not limited to HTML—it can also be applied to XML-based documents like SVG and XUL. Additionally, CSS files can exist in isolation, but without an accompanying document to style, they won’t have any visible effect.
In essence, while CSS can technically stand alone as a language, its true purpose is to enhance and structure the presentation of web content, typically in combination with HTML or other markup languages.
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Nooo
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CSS can be used with JavaFX.
I think it is also used in inkscape, but I didn't check.
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CSS generally depends on HTML for its structure, as it’s used to style HTML elements. Without HTML, CSS wouldn’t have any elements to style, so it wouldn’t function as intended. However, CSS can work with other languages like JavaScript (to style dynamically) or XML (with specific tags).
They’re considered separate technologies because HTML handles the structure, CSS handles the design, and JavaScript adds interactivity, but they work together to create a fully functional webpage. Check this out for example: https://birthdaygenerator.org/
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