Example A text with word break opportunities: <p> To learn AJAX, you must be familiar with the XML<wbr>Http<wbr>Request Object. </p> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <wbr> (Word Break Opportunity) tag specifies where in a text it would be ok to add a line-break. Tip: When a word is too long, or you are […]
DT Object The DT object represents an HTML <dt> element. Access a DT Object You can access a <dt> element by using getElementById(): Example var x = document.getElementById(“myDT”); Try it Yourself » Create a DT Object You can create a <dt> element by using the document.createElement() method: Example var x = document.createElement(“DT”); Try it Yourself » Standard […]
Example A section in a document that will have a light blue background color: <div style=”background-color:lightblue”> <h3>This is a heading</h3> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> </div> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <div> tag defines a division or a section in an HTML document. The <div> element is often used as a container for other […]
Example An unordered HTML list: <ul> <li>Coffee</li> <li>Tea</li> <li>Milk</li> </ul> Try it Yourself » More “Try it Yourself” examples below. Definition and Usage The <ul> tag defines an unordered (bulleted) list. Use the <ul> tag together with the <li> tag to create unordered lists. Browser Support Element <ul> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tips and Notes Tip: Use […]
Not Supported in HTML5 Example A directory list: <dir> <li>html</li> <li>xhtml</li> <li>css</li> </dir> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <dir> tag is not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> or CSS instead. The <dir> tag is used to list directory titles. Browser Support Element <dir> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tips and Notes Tip: Use CSS to […]
DFN Object The DFN object represents an HTML <dfn> element. Access a DFN Object You can access a <dfn> element by using getElementById(): Example var x = document.getElementById(“myDFN”); Try it Yourself » Create a DFN Object You can create a <dfn> element by using the document.createElement() method: Example var x = document.createElement(“DFN”); Try it Yourself » Standard […]
Example Using the <summary> element: <details> <summary>Copyright 1999-2014.</summary> <p> – by Refsnes Data. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>All content and graphics on this web site are the property of the company Refsnes Data.</p> </details> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <summary> tag defines a visible heading for the <details> element. The heading can be clicked to view/hide […]
Example Using the <details> element: <details> <summary>Copyright 1999-2018.</summary> <p> – by Refsnes Data. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>All content and graphics on this web site are the property of the company Refsnes Data.</p> </details> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <details> tag specifies additional details that the user can view or hide on demand. The […]
Example A text with a deleted part, and a new, inserted part: <p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>!</p> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <ins> tag defines a text that has been inserted into a document. Tip: Also look at the <del> tag to markup deleted text. Browsers will normally strike a line through deleted text and underline […]
Example A text with a deleted part, and a new, inserted part: <p>My favorite color is <del>blue</del> <ins>red</ins>!</p> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <del> tag defines text that has been deleted from a document. Browser Support Element <del> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tips and Notes Tip: Also look at the <ins> tag to markup inserted text. […]
Example A description list, with terms and descriptions: <dl> <dt>Coffee</dt> <dd>Black hot drink</dd> <dt>Milk</dt> <dd>White cold drink</dd> </dl> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <dd> tag is used to describe a term/name in a description list. The <dd> tag is used in conjunction with <dl> (defines a description list) and <dt> (defines terms/names). Inside a <dd> tag […]
Example A description list, with terms and descriptions: <dl> <dt>Coffee</dt> <dd>Black hot drink</dd> <dt>Milk</dt> <dd>White cold drink</dd> </dl> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <dt> tag defines a term/name in a description list. The <dt> tag is used in conjunction with <dl> (defines a description list) and <dd> (describes each term/name). Browser Support Element <dt> Yes Yes […]
Example A description list, with terms and descriptions: <dl> <dt>Coffee</dt> <dd>Black hot drink</dd> <dt>Milk</dt> <dd>White cold drink</dd> </dl> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <dl> tag defines a description list. The <dl> tag is used in conjunction with <dt> (defines terms/names) and <dd> (describes each term/name). Browser Support Element <dl> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Differences Between […]
Example An <input> element with pre-defined values in a <datalist>: <input list=”browsers”> <datalist id=”browsers”> <option value=”Internet Explorer”> <option value=”Firefox”> <option value=”Chrome”> <option value=”Opera”> <option value=”Safari”> </datalist> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <datalist> tag specifies a list of pre-defined options for an <input> element. The <datalist> tag is used to provide an “autocomplete” feature on <input> elements. Users will see […]
Example The following example displays product names but also associates each name with a product number: <ul> <li><data value=”21053″>Cherry Tomato</data></li> <li><data value=”21054″>Beef Tomato</data></li> <li><data value=”21055″>Snack Tomato</data></li> </ul> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <data> tag links the given content with a machine-readable translation. This element provides both a machine-readable value for data processors, and a human-readable […]
Example How to define a time and a date: <p>We open at <time>10:00</time> every morning.</p> <p>I have a date on <time datetime=”2008-02-14 20:00″>Valentines day</time>.</p> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <time> tag defines a human-readable date/time. This element can also be used to encode dates and times in a machine-readable way so that user agents can offer […]
Example A <colgroup> element that specifies that the first column should have a predefined width of 200 pixels: <table> <colgroup width=”200″> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The width attribute specifies the width of a column group. Normally, a column group takes […]
Example An HTML table with different vertical-aligned columns: <table style=”height:200px”> <colgroup valign=”top”> <colgroup valign=”bottom”> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The valign attribute specifies the vertical alignment of the content in a column group. Browser Support Attribute valign Not supported Yes Not supported Not supported Not supported The […]
Example Set the background color of the first two columns using the <colgroup> span attribute: <table> <colgroup span=”2″ style=”background:red”></colgroup> <tr> <th>ISBN</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td>3476896</td> <td>My first HTML</td> <td>$53</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5869207</td> <td>My first CSS</td> <td>$49</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The span attribute defines the number of columns a <colgroup> element […]
Example In the example below, the content of the second column is aligned two characters to the right from the “.” character: <table style=”width:100%”> <colgroup align=”left”></colgroup> <colgroup align=”char” char=”.” charoff=”2″></colgroup> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$10.00</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <colgroup> charoff attribute is not supported in HTML5. The […]
