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HTML <acronym> tag

Examples

It marked acronyms as follows:

Can I get this <acronym title="as soon as possible">ASAP</acronym>?

try it"

Browser Support

Internet ExplorerFirefoxOperaGoogle ChromeSafari

All major browsers support <acronym>.

Note: IE 5.5 or earlier versions of IE browser does not support <acronym> tag.


Tag definitions and instructions

HTML5 does not support <acronym> tag. Please use <abbr> tag instead.

<Acronym> tag defines acronyms.

If the acronym is a word, it can be read out, for example NATO, NASA, ASAP, GUI.

By taking only acronyms are marked, you will be able to browsers, spell checkers, translation systems and search engine indexers provide useful information.


Tips and Notes

Tip: In some browsers, when you move the mouse with the <acronym> tag of the first letter of the acronym, title attribute <acronym> tags can be used to display the full version of acronyms .


Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML5 does not support <acronym> tag, HTML 4.01 support <acronym> tag.


Standard property

In HTML 4.01, <acronym> tag supports the following standard attributes:

属性 描述
class classname 规定元素的类名
dir rtl
ltr
规定元素中内容的文本方向
id id 规定元素的唯一 id
lang language_code 规定元素中内容的语言代码
style style_definition 规定元素的行内样式
title text 规定元素的额外信息
xml:lang language_code 规定 XHTML 文档中元素内容的语言代码

For a full description, go to Standard property .


Event Properties

In HTML 4.01, <acronym> tag supports the following event attributes:

属性 描述
onclick script 当鼠标被单击时执行脚本
ondblclick script 当鼠标被双击时执行脚本
onmousedown script 当鼠标按钮被按下时执行脚本
onmousemove script 当鼠标指针移动时执行脚本
onmouseout script 当鼠标指针移出某元素时执行脚本
onmouseover script 当鼠标指针悬停于某元素之上时执行脚本
onmouseup script 当鼠标按钮被松开时执行脚本
onkeydown script 当键盘被按下时执行脚本
onkeypress script 当键盘被按下后又松开时执行脚本
onkeyup script 当键盘被松开时执行脚本

For a full description, go to Event Attributes .