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title: Inline Styles
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### Problem
You want to apply inline style to an element.

### Solution
Instead of writing a string, create an object whose key is the camelCased version of the style name, and whose value is the style's value, in string:

```js
/** @jsx React.DOM */

var divStyle = {
  color: 'white',
  backgroundImage: 'url(' + imgUrl + ')',
  WebkitTransition: 'all' // note the capital 'W' here
};

React.renderComponent(<div style={divStyle}>Hello World!</div>, mountNode);
```

### Discussion
Style keys are camelCased in order to be consistent with accessing the properties using `node.style.___` in DOM. This also explains why `WebkitTransition` has an uppercase "W".