HTML <i> tag

Browser Support

All major browsers support the <i> tag.

Tag definitions and instructions

<I> different parts of the definition and the rest of the text, and this part of the text is rendered as italic text.

<I> tag is used to represent scientific terms, other languages ​​idioms, ideas, the spacecraft's name, etc.

In the absence of other appropriate semantic elements can be used, use the <i> element. Other semantic elements are as follows:

• <EM> (emphasized text)
• <strong> (important text)
• <Mark> (text marked / highlighted)
• <auf cite> (work title)
• <DFN> (a definition item)

Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

In HTML 4.01, <i> italic tag rendered text. However, there is no need to do so in HTML5, you can use style sheets to format the <i> element in the text.

Global Properties

<i> tag supports HTML global properties .

Event Properties

<i> tag supports HTML event properties .