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XHTML 1.1 Element ( Tag ) and Attribute Reference

XHTML 1.1 Reference Index > Text Module Index

The var element ( tag )

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var: valid parent and child elements

valid parent elements
a, abbr, acronym, address, b, bdo, big, button, caption, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, ins, kdb, label, legend, li, object, p, pre, q, samp, small, span, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, var
valid child elements
a, abbr, acronym, b, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, del, dfn, em, i, img, input, ins, kdb, label, map, object, q, samp, script, select, small, span, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, var

var: valid attributes

by attribute type
Core: class, id, title
Internationalization: dir, xml:lang
Events: onclick, ondblclick, onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onmouseup

var: browser test

The following code sample:

Text outside the element. <var>Text within the element.</var> Text outside the element.

appears in your browser as:

Text outside the element. Text within the element. Text outside the element.