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<strong> Description:

The <strong> element provides stronger emphasis for the enclosed text.

Most browsers tend to render <strong> in bold.

<strong> Web Browser Support:

<strong> Attributes:

<strong> End Tag:

</strong> REQUIRED

Contents:

CDATA Usually plain text. The following tags are valid within the <strong> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, dfn, strong, font, i, iframe, img, input, kbd, label, map, object, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, u, var

<strong> Valid Context:

The <strong> 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, strong, 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

<strong> Usage:

  • standard stronger emphasis
    This is <strong>stronger emphasized text</strong>.

<strong> Special Notes:

  • Most browsers display the strong tag in bold, but if you write something that must be bold (rather than strong), use CSS.

More <strong> Information:

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