HTML sub Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2014

HTML tag

HTML tag is termed as Subscript tag and which is used to define subscript text. The text within renders with a lower baseline and with a smaller font than surrounding text font.

The tag is useful for presenting mathematical formula and chemical formulas such as H₂O.

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>Sub Tag</title>  <style>   body{       text-align: center;   }   p{    color: green;   }  </style>  </head>  <body>  <h2>Example of sub tag</h2>  <p>The chemical formula for Sulphuric acid is: H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub></p>  </body>  </html>  

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Output:

HTML sub tag

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

The tag does not contain any specific attribute.

Global attribute:

The tag supports the Global attributes in HTML.

Event attribute:

The tag supports the Event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

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

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