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HTML kbd tag and element

1. HTML kbd element represents user input through input.

2. By default, this element is displayed in browser's default monospace font.

Syntax

<kbd>text content</kbd> 

Category

HTML kbd element is a Phrase element.

Whether both start and end tags are required

Yes.

Can contain

HTML kbd element can contain inline elements.

Can reside within

HTML kbd element can reside within inline as well as block level elements.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

None.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of using HTML kbd element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>HTML kbd tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an example of <kbd>HTML kbd tag.</kbd></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

html kbd element

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HTML kbd tag example.

Pictorial presentation

html kbd element

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