<code>: The Inline Code element
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The <code>
HTML element displays its contents styled in a fashion intended to indicate that the text is a short fragment of computer code. By default, the content text is displayed using the user agent's default monospace font.
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Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Examples
A paragraph of text that includes <code>
:
<p>
The function <code>selectAll()</code> highlights all the text in the input
field so the user can, for example, copy or delete the text.
</p>
Result
Notes
To represent multiple lines of code, wrap the <code>
element within a <pre>
element. The <code>
element by itself only represents a single phrase of code or line of code.
A CSS rule can be defined for the code
selector to override the browser's default font face. Preferences set by the user might take precedence over the specified CSS.
Technical summary
Content categories | Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content. |
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Permitted content | Phrasing content. |
Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
Permitted parents | Any element that accepts phrasing content. |
Implicit ARIA role | code |
Permitted ARIA roles | Any |
DOM interface |
HTMLElement Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4)
inclusive, Firefox implements the
HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.
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Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # the-code-element |
Browser compatibility
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