Is there a useful purpose for <style type="text/javascript">?

Question

What is the use and purpose this , is it useful?

Hudgens

Answer 1

It's for "JSSS", or Javascript style sheets; see here for more info. It's nonstandard and never really caught on outside of Netscape's original proposal, which you can read here. I don't think most browsers today support this; I've certainly never seen a website that used it.

Eichmann

In fact, only supported in NS4. – Longevous

Good lord, that’s right. I’d completely forgotten about that odd little branch of web development history. Just think, if that had caught on, jQuery might never need to have been written. – Bushhammer

What, JSSS gives you the $() function? – Gazpacho

it's strange if it's so old and outdated then why still dreamweaver has support – Hudgens

@Jitendra » I guess that's the million-dollar question, isn't it? :) – Eichmann

Answer 2

i believe its bug. "text/javascript shall be associated only with script tag not style tag!

Frants

Answer 3

Both <style></style> and <script></script> can be used without any 'type' attribute. Probably a sticky web tradition.

Kalmuck

Good idea to always include them, though, since they're required in strict doctypes. – Cacus

Answer 4

Most importantly, all browsers besides NS4 will ignore the block of code, when the type is unrecognized. Perhaps not important for the Style tag, but useful for the Script tag..

See more about templating with this at http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-micro-templating/

Thou

Answer 5

Style type can not be "text/javascript". It should be only "text/css".

Laritalariviere