Specifies that a string is an acronym for a word or phrase.
Platform Support
IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari | 4.0+ | 6.0+ | 1.0+ | no | 1.0+ |
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Example
This example defines the acronym :
One such hot technology is <abbr title="Asynchronous JavaScript and XML"> </abbr>.
Remarks
The <acronym></acronym> tag is typically only used in formatting with CSS style sheets and with scripts. Similar to the <abbr></abbr> tag.
Attribute Detail
Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 becomes active. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element stops being the active element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element receives focus prior to being edited. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element loses focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element is double-clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the active element becomes inactive. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is released from being dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element has another object dragged onto it that can be dropped on the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when an element has an object dragged out of it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when an element has an object dragged over it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before an element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when an object is dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element receives 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 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 releases a key while the element has focus. | 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 mouse pointer enters the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the mouse pointer leaves the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
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 the mouse pointer moves over the element. | 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 element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element stops moving. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the ready state of the element changes. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element is finished being resized. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before a user resizes the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when a time-related error occurs. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Availability
W3C HTML 4.01