HTML <strong> Tag
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Description
The <strong> tag specifies enclosed text as strongly emphasized text.
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; XHTML 1.0, 1.1 |
Difference between <strong> and <b> tag
Both tags renders the text it encloses in a bold typeface, but the
<strong>element which represents text of certain importance, the<b>tag doesn't convey any semantic information about the contained text.It is strongly recommended to avoid the use of
<b>tag; using CSS propertyfont-weightwithboldvalue would be a better choice for making the text bold.
Syntax
The basic syntax of the <strong> tag is given with:
The example below shows the <strong> tag in action.
Example
Try this code »<p><strong>Warning!</strong> This is <strong>very dangerous</strong></p>Tag-Specific Attributes
The <strong> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.
Global Attributes
Like all other HTML tags, the <strong> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.
Event Attributes
The <strong> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.
Browser Compatibility
The <strong> 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, CSS Fonts.
Related tag: <b>.
