HTML strong tag and element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:13 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

1. HTML strong element sets strong emphasis on a piece of text.

2. Browsers display the text enclosed in strong tag in bold.

Syntax

<strong>text content</strong>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Yes.

Can contain

HTML strong element can contain inline elements.

Can reside within

HTML strong 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 strong 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 strong tag example</title>>
</head>>
<body>>
<p>This is an example of <strong>HTML strong tag.</strong></p>>
</body>>
</html>

Result

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HTML strong tag example.

Pictorial presentation

html-strong-example

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