HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Name
del
Synopsis
<del> . . . </del>
Indicates text that has been removed from the document. It may be useful for legal documents
and any instance where edits need to be tracked. Its counterpart is the inserted text element
(
ins
). The
del
element may be used to indicate either inline or block-level elements.
Usage
Categories:
Flow content, phrasing content
Permitted contexts:
Where phrasing content is expected
Permitted content:
Transparent (is derived from the content model of its parent)
Start/end tags:
Required/Required
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
cite="
URL
URL
"
Can be set to point to a source document that explains why the document was changed.
