It is known as bold tag. It is used to write the text in bold letters. It increases the thickness of the texts. This tag has both start <b> and end </b> tag. It is used as a font styling tag. The <b> tag is normally supported by all the commonly using browsers like- Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Mini, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.
The <b> tag is supported by some event and standard attributes. These attributes are-
Event attributes supported by the <b> 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 <b> 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> I am student of <b>MIT</b>. I am studying<b> Software Engineering </b> course. </p>
</body>
</html>Output -
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