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<b> Description:
The <b></b> tag makes enclosed text bold.
<b> Web Browser Support:
- Firefox 1, 2
- Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Mozilla 1
- Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
- Opera 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Safari 1, 2
- HTML 3.2, 4.0
- XHTML 1.0: XHTML Presentation Module
<b> Attributes:
All attributes are optional unless indicated.
<b> End Tag:
<b> Contents:
CDATA - Any text you want bold. The following tags are valid within the <b> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, dfn, em, font, i, iframe, img, input, kbd, label, map, object, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, u, var
<b> Valid Context:
The <b> tag is valid within the following tags:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, ins, kbd, label, legend, li, noframes, noscript, object, p, pre, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, u, var
<b> Usage:
- Standard bold text.
ViewThis <b>text is bold</b>.
<b> Special Notes:
- The <b> element is not deprecated, but it is not as accessible as it's counterpart the <strong> element.
- Many browsers render the <strong> tag in the same fashion as the <b> tag. The <strong> tag is more correct for standards-based XHTML.
- If you can't use the <strong> element, then you should consider using the CSS font-weight property.
