The <del></del> tag defines text that has been deleted from a previous version of the document.
- Netscape 6, 7
- Mozilla 1
- Firefox 1
- Internet Explorer 5, 6
- Opera 6, 7, 8
- Safari 1
- HTML 4.0
- XHTML 1.0
XHTML Edit Module
- cite (optional)
- class (optional)
- datetime (optional)
- dir (optional)
- id (optional)
- lang (optional)
- onclick (optional)
- ondblclick (optional)
- onkeydown (optional)
- onkeypress (optional)
- onkeyup (optional)
- onmousedown (optional)
- onmousemove (optional)
- onmouseout (optional)
- onmouseover (optional)
- onmouseup (optional)
- style (optional)
- title (optional)
CDATA Usually text. The following tags are valid within the <del> 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
The <del> tag is valid within the following tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, dd, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, kbd, label, legend, li, noframes, noscript, object, p, pre, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, u, var
- deleted text
<ins cite="revisions.htm" DATETiME="2000-01-02T15:54:00PST">This</ins> <del cite="revisions.htm" DATETiME="2000-01-02T15:54:00PST"> this</del> text is now perfect.
- There is no specification for how, or even if, the deleted text will be displayed. The most common display method is by striking out the deleted text.
- It is recommended that you use style sheets to define how you would like deleted text to appear in your documents.
