Specifies that the enclosed text is a variable.
Platform Support
IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Example
This example displays words "foo" in text style used for variables:
Declare the variable <var>foo</var> and assign it a value of "bar".
Remarks
The <var></var> tag will usually render the enclosed text as italics.
Attribute Detail
Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
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Hot-key shortcut for the element. | 5.5+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
CSS class assigned to the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Specifies whether or not the content of the element is editable, or if the element inherits the value of this property from its parent. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Direction of the element text. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Specifies whether the element shows a visual cue when it has focus. | 5.5+ | no | no | no | no |
Unique identifier for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Language code for the content of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Script language for the element. | 3.0+ | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | no | 1.0+ |
Inline style for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Position of the element in the tabbing order for the document. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Short text description for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Specifies whether or not the element is unselectable. | 5.5+ | no | no | no | no |
Event Detail
Event | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
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Fires when the element becomes active. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element becomes active. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the selection is copied to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before the selection is cut to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before the element stops being the active element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element receives focus prior to being edited. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the selection is pasted from the clipboard to the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element loses focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is right-clicked and the context menu opens. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element is copied to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is cut to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is double-clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the active element becomes inactive. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is released from being dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element has another object dragged onto it that can be dropped on the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when an element has an object dragged out of it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when an element has an object dragged over it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before an element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when an object is dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element receives focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires immediately before an element receives focus. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately after focus moves from the element to another element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when a user presses the F1 key to activate help. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when a user presses down on a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when a user presses a key or holds down the key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when a user releases a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element loses mouse capture. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when a user clicks down on the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the mouse pointer enters the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the mouse pointer leaves the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the mouse moves while the pointer over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the mouse pointer moves off of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the mouse pointer moves over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the user releases the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Fires when the user rotates the mouse wheel while the element has focus. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the element stops moving. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the clipboard contents are pasted onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when one of the properties of the element changes. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires when the ready state of the element changes. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before an element is about to be resized. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when the element is finished being resized. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before a user resizes the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
Fires when a time-related error occurs. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
Availability
W3C HTML 4.01