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The <mstyle> MathML element is used to change the style of its children.

[!NOTE] Historically, this element accepted almost all the MathML attributes and it was used to override the default attribute values of its descendants. It was later restricted to only a few relevant styling attributes that were used in existing web pages. Nowadays, these styling attributes are common to all MathML elements and so <mstyle> is really just equivalent to an <mrow> element. However, <mstyle> may still be relevant for compatibility with MathML implementations outside browsers.

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global MathML attributes as well as the following deprecated attributes:

• background {{deprecated_inline}} {{Non-standard_Inline}}
  • : Use CSS property {{cssxref("background-color")}} instead.
• color {{deprecated_inline}} {{Non-standard_Inline}}
  • : Use CSS property {{cssxref("color")}} instead.
• fontsize {{deprecated_inline}} {{Non-standard_Inline}}
  • : Use CSS property {{cssxref("font-size")}} instead.
• fontstyle {{deprecated_inline}} {{Non-standard_Inline}}
  • : Use CSS property {{cssxref("font-style")}} instead.
• fontweight {{deprecated_inline}} {{Non-standard_Inline}}
  • : Use CSS property {{cssxref("font-weight")}} instead.

Examples

Attributes mapped to CSS

The following example uses global attributes displaystyle and mathcolor to respectively override the {{cssxref("math-style")}} and {{cssxref("color")}} of the <munder> and <munderover> children:

<math display="block">
  <mstyle displaystyle="false" mathcolor="teal">
    <munder>
      <mo>∑</mo>
      <mi>I</mi>
    </munder>
    <munderover>
      <mo>∏</mo>
      <mrow>
        <mi>i</mi>
        <mo>=</mo>
        <mn>1</mn>
      </mrow>
      <mi>N</mi>
    </munderover>
  </mstyle>
</math>

{{EmbedLiveSample('Attributes mapped to CSS')}}

Legacy script attributes

The following example shows a formula with {{cssxref("font-size")}} set to 128pt. It contains numbers that are placed in nested superscripts as well as an <mstyle> element with legacy attributes scriptsizemultiplier and scriptminsize. The font-size is multiplied by 0.5 when entering each superscript as long as that does not make it smaller than 16pt.

<math display="block">
  <mstyle scriptsizemultiplier="0.5" scriptminsize="16pt">
    <msup>
      <mn>2</mn>
      <msup>
        <mn>2</mn>
        <msup>
          <mn>2</mn>
          <msup>
            <mn>2</mn>
            <msup>
              <mn>2</mn>
              <msup>
                <mn>2</mn>
                <mn>2</mn>
              </msup>
            </msup>
          </msup>
        </msup>
      </msup>
    </msup>
  </mstyle>
</math>

math {
  font-size: 128pt;
}

{{EmbedLiveSample('Legacy script attributes', 700, 400)}}

Technical summary

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