Specifies that a string is an abbreviation for a longer word or phrase.
Platform Support
IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari | no | 6.0+ | 1.0+ | 6.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Example
This example defines "lab" as an abbreviation for "labrador retriever":
My dog is a <abbr title="labrador retriever">lab</abbr>.
Remarks
The <abbr></abbr> tag is typically only used in formatting with CSS style sheets and with scripts. Similar to the <acronym></acronym> tag.
Attribute Detail
Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
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CSS class assigned to the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Direction of the element text. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Unique identifier for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Language code for the content of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Inline style for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Short text description for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Event Detail
Event | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
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Fires when the element is clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is double-clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when a user clicks down on the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the user releases the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the mouse pointer moves over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the mouse moves while the pointer over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the mouse pointer moves off of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when a user presses a key or holds down the key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when a user presses down on a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when a user releases a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Availability
W3C HTML 4.01