HTML <abbr> tag
Example
An abbreviation is marked up as follows:
The <abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in 1948. |
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Definition and Usage
The <abbr> tag describes an abbreviated phrase.
By marking up abbreviations you can give useful information to browsers, spellcheckers,
screen readers, translation systems and search-engines.
Browser Support
The <abbr> tag is supported in all major browsers.
Note: The <abbr> tag is not supported in IE 6 or earlier versions.
Differences Between HTML and XHTML
NONE
Tips and Notes
Tip: The title attribute is used to show the full version of the expression when
you mouse over the abbreviation.
Standard Attributes
| id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang |
For a full description, go to Standard
Attributes.
Event Attributes
| onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup |
For a full description, go to Event Attributes.
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