How to create a <style> tag with Javascript?

I'm assuming that you're wanting to insert a style tag versus a link tag (referencing an external CSS), so that's what the following example does:

<html>
 <head>
  <title>Example Page</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  <span>
   This is styled dynamically via JavaScript.
  </span>
 </body>
 <script type="text/javascript">
   var styleNode = document.createElement('style');
   styleNode.type = "text/css";
   // browser detection (based on prototype.js)
   if(!!(window.attachEvent && !window.opera)) {
        styleNode.styleSheet.cssText = 'span { color: rgb(255, 0, 0); }';
   } else {
        var styleText = document.createTextNode('span { color: rgb(255, 0, 0); } ');
        styleNode.appendChild(styleText);
   }
   document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleNode);
 </script>
</html>

Also, I noticed in your question that you are using innerHTML. This is actually a non-standard way of inserting data into a page. The best practice is to create a text node and append it to another element node.

With respect to your final question, you're going to hear some people say that your work should work across all of the browsers. It all depends on your audience. If no one in your audience is using Chrome, then don't sweat it; however, if you're looking to reach the biggest audience possible, then it's best to support all major A-grade browsers


Try adding the style element to the head rather than the body.

This was tested in IE (7-9), Firefox, Opera and Chrome:

var css = 'h1 { background: red; }',
    head = document.head || document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0],
    style = document.createElement('style');

head.appendChild(style);

style.type = 'text/css';
if (style.styleSheet){
  // This is required for IE8 and below.
  style.styleSheet.cssText = css;
} else {
  style.appendChild(document.createTextNode(css));
}

<style> tags should be placed within the <head> element, and each added tag should be added to the bottom of the <head> tag.

Using insertAdjacentHTML to inject a style tag into the document head tag:

Native DOM:

document.head.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", `<style>body{background:red}</style>`)

jQuery:

$('<style>').text("body{background:red}").appendTo(document.head)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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Javascript

Html

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