HTML em Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2014

HTML tag

HTML tag is used to stress emphasis the particular text within a sentence or phrase. It gives semantic meaning to the text contained within it and renders in the italic form on the browser.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the HTML tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	Textual

Example

  <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>  <title>Em Tag</title>      <style>        h2{              color:#ff7f50;                            }   </style>   </head>   <body>   <h2>Example of em Tag</h2>   <p>This is <em>HTML em tag</em> and it will emphasis the <em>important text</em> of the sentence</p>  </body>  </html>  

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Output:

HTML em tag

Attribute

Tag-specific attribute

The tag does not contain any specific attribute in HTML.

Global attribute

The tag supports the global attributes in HTML

Event attribute

The HTML tag supports the event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<em>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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