HTML5 <mark> Tag
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Description
The <mark> element defines a marked section of text. You can use this tag if you want to highlight a section of your text for reference purposes.
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: | New in HTML5 |
Syntax
The basic syntax of the <mark> tag is given with:
HTML / XHTML: <mark> ... </mark>
The example below shows the <mark> tag in action.
Example
Try this code »<p>This is some <mark>highlighted</mark> text.</p>
<p>Here are <mark>some more highlighted</mark> text.</p>Tag-Specific Attributes
The <mark> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.
Global Attributes
Like all other HTML tags, the <mark> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.
Event Attributes
The <mark> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.
Browser Compatibility
The <mark> 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.
Related tags: <b>, <code>, <del>, <em>, <i>, <ins>, <small>, <strong>, <sub>, <sup>.
