HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Name
abbr
Synopsis
<abbr> . . . </abbr>
Identifies the enclosed text as an abbreviation or acronym. The full description for it may be
provided with the
title
attribute.
Usage
Categories:
Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content
Permitted contexts:
Where phrasing content is expected
Permitted content:
Phrasing content
Start/end tags:
Required/Required
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
title="
text
text
"
When used with the
abbr
element, the
title
attribute provides the full expression for the
abbreviation or acronym. This may be useful for nonvisual browsers, speech synthesizers,
translation systems, and search engines.
