HTML <abbr> Tag
Example
An abbreviation is marked up as follows:
The <abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in 1948.
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Definition and Usage
The <abbr> tag defines an abbreviation or an acronym, like "HTML", "Mr.", "Dec.", "ASAP", "ATM".
Tip: An abbreviation and an acronym are both shortened versions of something else. Both are often represented as a series of letters.
Marking up abbreviations can give useful information to browsers, translation systems and search-engines.
Browser Support
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <abbr> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Tips and Notes
Tip: The global title attribute is used with the <abbr> tag to show the description of the abbreviation/acronym when you mouse over the <abbr> element.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
NONE.
Global Attributes
The <abbr> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <abbr> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: Abbreviation Object
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <abbr> element with the following default values:
