<abbr> Tag
It is known as abbreviation tag. It has both opening <abbr> and closing </abbr> tags. This tag is used to describe the abbreviated phrase. In this case when you mark up the abbreviations, you are able to give useful information to spell checkers, translation systems, search-engine indexers and browsers. The <abbr> tag is normally supported by all the commonly used browsers like- Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.
The <abbr> tag is supported by some event and standard attributes. These attributes are-
Event attributes supported by the <abbr> tag-
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| onclick | In this case the script runs on a click of mouse |
| ondblclick | In this case the script runs on a double click of mouse |
| onmousedown | In this case the script runs when the mouse button is pressed |
| onmousemove | In this case the script runs when the mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseout | In this case the script runs when the mouse pointer moves out of an element |
| onmouseover | In this case the script runs when the mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseup | In this case the script runs when the mouse button is released |
| onkeydown | In this case the script runs when the key is pressed from the keyboard |
| onkeypress | In this case the script runs when a key is pressed and released from the keyboard |
| onkeyup | In this case the script runs when the key is released from the keyboard |
Standard attributes supported by the <abbr> tag-
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| class | It is used to specify the classname for an element |
| dir | It is used to specify the text direction of the content in an element |
| id | It is used to specify the unique id of an element |
| lang | It is used to specify the language code of the content in an element |
| style | It is used to specify an inline style of an element |
| title | It is used to specify an extra information about an element |
Example-
<html>
<body>
<p> The <abbr title="Indira Gandhi National Open University"> IGNOU </abbr> is equivalent to the other boards. </p>
</body>
</html>
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