diff --git a/src/element.toit b/src/element.toit
index fd6ec53..f761b1a 100644
--- a/src/element.toit
+++ b/src/element.toit
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ abstract class Element implements Window:
   classes/List? := ?
   id/string? := ?
   children/List? := ?
+  children-styles_/List? := null
   background_ := null
   border_/Border? := null
 
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ abstract class Element implements Window:
   add element/Element -> none:
     if not children: children = []
     children.add element
+    if children-styles_: element.set-styles children-styles_
     element.change-tracker = this
     element.invalidate
 
@@ -158,14 +160,14 @@ abstract class Element implements Window:
       style.matching-styles --type=type --classes=classes --id=id: | style/Style |
         style.iterate-properties: | key/string value |
           set-attribute_ key value
-        if children:
-          if not styles-for-children: styles-for-children = styles.copy
-          styles-for-children.add style
+        if not styles-for-children: styles-for-children = styles.copy
+        styles-for-children.add style
     styles.do install-style
     if style_:
       style_.iterate-properties: | key/string value |
         set-attribute_ key value
       install-style.call style_
+    children-styles_ = styles-for-children or styles
     if children:
       children.do: | child/Element |
         child.set-styles (styles-for-children or styles)
diff --git a/src/pixel-display-impl_.toit b/src/pixel-display-impl_.toit
index 676ed01..0217354 100644
--- a/src/pixel-display-impl_.toit
+++ b/src/pixel-display-impl_.toit
@@ -39,9 +39,19 @@ For example, implemented by the drivers in
   https://pkg.toit.io/package/github.com%2Ftoitware%2Ftoit-ssd1306
 */
 abstract class AbstractDriver:
+  /** The width of the display. */
   abstract width -> int
+
+  /** The height of the display. */
   abstract height -> int
+
+  /**
+  The flags of the display.
+
+  See $FLAG-2-COLOR and similar for the possible flags.
+  */
   abstract flags -> int
+
   x-rounding -> int: return 8
   y-rounding -> int: return 8
   start-partial-update speed/int -> none:
@@ -137,6 +147,8 @@ abstract class PixelDisplay implements Window:
 
   transform_ /Transform
 
+  styles_ /List? := null
+
   /**
   Constructs a display connected via a $driver_ to a device.
   The display is suitable for true-color (24 bit color) display drivers.
@@ -257,6 +269,7 @@ abstract class PixelDisplay implements Window:
       child-invalidated_ 0 0 driver_.width driver_.height
 
   set-styles styles/List -> none:
+    styles_ = styles
     elements_.do:
       if it is Element:
         element := it as Element
@@ -273,6 +286,7 @@ abstract class PixelDisplay implements Window:
   add element/Element -> none:
     elements_.add element
     element.change-tracker = this
+    if styles_: element.set-styles styles_
     element.invalidate
 
   /**
@@ -757,6 +771,22 @@ interface Window:
   */
   get-element-by-id id/string -> any
 
+  /**
+  Sets the given $styles.
+
+  Replaces the existing styles (if there are any) with the
+    new $styles.
+
+  Each element of the list must be of type $Style.
+  Use an empty list to remove the current styles.
+
+  # Inheritance
+  If subclasses can have children, then they should store the
+    list so that the style can be applied when a new child
+    is added at a later point.
+  */
+  set-styles styles/List -> none
+
 /**
 A canvas to draw on.
 When the display is being redrawn, the area that needs updating is
diff --git a/tests/style-test.toit b/tests/style-test.toit
index f6199d8..3a4f879 100644
--- a/tests/style-test.toit
+++ b/tests/style-test.toit
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 
 import expect show *
 
-import pixel-display show Canvas Element SolidBorder Style
+import pixel-display show
+    AbstractDriver
+    Canvas
+    Element
+    PixelDisplay
+    SolidBorder
+    Style
 
 /// Test that the examples from style.toit are well-formed.
 toit-doc-examples-test:
@@ -140,6 +146,34 @@ no-global-style-test:
   expect-equals "bar"
       (elements.get-element-by-id "first-foo-haver").foo
 
+
+/**
+Tests that an element can be added or moved to a new parent and
+  receives the style from the parent.
+*/
+add-test:
+  style := Style
+      --type-map={
+        "foo-haver": Style { "foo": "bar" },
+      }
+
+  elements := Div --style=style []
+  haver := FooHaver --id="first-foo-haver"
+  elements.add haver
+
+  expect-equals "bar"
+      (elements.get-element-by-id "first-foo-haver").foo
+
+  display := PixelDisplay.gray-scale TestDriver
+  display.set-styles [style]
+
+  haver2 := FooHaver --id="second-foo-haver"
+  display.add haver2
+
+  expect-equals "bar"
+      (display.get-element-by-id "second-foo-haver").foo
+
+
 /// A class that stubs out the display methods we don't need
 ///   for test purposes.
 abstract class TestElement extends Element:
@@ -194,11 +228,16 @@ class FooHaver extends TestElement:
 
   constructor --style/Style?=null --classes/List?=null --id/string?=null children/List?=null:
     super --style=style --classes=classes --id=id children
-  
+
   set-attribute_ key/string value -> none:
     if key == "foo":
       foo = value
 
+class TestDriver extends AbstractDriver:
+  width -> int: return 320
+  height -> int: return 240
+  flags -> int: return 0
+
 main:
   toit-doc-examples-test
   element-tree-test
@@ -206,3 +245,4 @@ main:
   single-element-style-test
   extra-properties-test
   no-global-style-test
+  add-test