HTML dfn tag and element
1. HTML dfn element represents the defining instance of a term.
Syntax
<dfn>text content</dfn>
Category
HTML dfn element is a Phrase element.
Whether both start and end tags are required
Can contain
HTML dfn element can contain inline elements.
Can reside within
HTML dfn element can reside within inline as well as block level elements.
Attributes
Attributes specific to this element
None.
Identifiers
language information and text direction
Title
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 dfn 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 em tag example - HTML tutorial | w3resource</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is an example of <dfn>HTML em tag.</dfn></p>
</body>
</html>
Result
This is an example of HTML dfn tag.
View this example in a separate browser window
Pictorial presentation
Previous: HTML strong tag and element
Next: HTML code tag and element
Test your Programming skills with w3resource's quiz.
- Weekly Trends
- Java Basic Programming Exercises
- SQL Subqueries
- Adventureworks Database Exercises
- C# Sharp Basic Exercises
- SQL COUNT() with distinct
- JavaScript String Exercises
- JavaScript HTML Form Validation
- Java Collection Exercises
- SQL COUNT() function
- SQL Inner Join
- JavaScript functions Exercises
- Python Tutorial
- Python Array Exercises
- SQL Cross Join
- C# Sharp Array Exercises
We are closing our Disqus commenting system for some maintenanace issues. You may write to us at reach[at]yahoo[dot]com or visit us at Facebook