HTML <kbd> Tag
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Description
The <kbd> (short for keyboard) tag specifies text as keyboard text. This tag indicates text to be entered by the user. Most browsers generally render the text enclosed by this element in a monospaced font, however you can overwrite its style with CSS. It differs from the <code> tag which indicates code fragments, whereas <kbd> tag indicates user input.
The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.
| Placement: | Inline |
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| Content: | Inline and text |
| Start/End Tag: | Start tag: required, End tag: required |
| Version: | HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5 |
Syntax
The basic syntax of the <kbd> tag is given with:
The example below shows the <kbd> tag in action.
Example
Try this code »<p>Please, input "<kbd>Yes</kbd>" or "<kbd>No</kbd>"</p>Tag-Specific Attributes
The <kbd> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.
Global Attributes
Like all other HTML tags, the <kbd> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.
Event Attributes
The <kbd> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.
Browser Compatibility
The <kbd> tag is supported in all major modern browsers.
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Basic Support—
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Further Reading
See tutorial on: HTML Text Formatting.
