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HTML abbr tag and element

1. HTML abbr element represents an abbreviation.

2. If set, the value of the title attribute of the abbr element contains a full description of the abbreviation.

3. Some browsers, like Internet Explorer, do not style it differently.

4. Some browsers, like Opera, Firefox put a dotted underline to the text content of the element.

Syntax

<abbr>text content</abbr> 

Category

HTML abbr element is a Phrase element.

Whether both start and end tags are required

Yes.

Can contain

HTML abbr element can contain inline elements.

Can reside within

HTML abbr 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 abbr 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 abbr tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Even after three months of the devastating flood in Pakistan, people are still without food, shelter or hope; <abbr title="British Broadcasting Corporation">BBC</abbr> reports.</p>
</body>
</html>

Result

html abbr element

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HTML abbr tag example.

Pictorial presentation

html abbr element

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