HTML sup Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2014

HTML tag

HTML tag is termed as a superscript tag which is used to define superscript text. The text within tag appears with an upper baseline and renders with smaller font size than surrounding text.

The tag is useful for defining Mathematical formulas and footnotes.

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>HTML sup Tag</title>  <style>     body{  text-align: center;  }  </style>  </head>  <body>   <h2>Example of sup tag</h2>    Following is the famous Pythagorean Theorem:     <p style=”font-size: 20px; color: green;”><var>a</var><sup>2</sup>+<var>b</var><sup>2</sup>=<var>c</var><sup>2</sup>    </p>    <p>Where a, b, and c represents the sides of right angle triangle</p>  </body>  </html>  

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Output:

HTML sup 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
<sup>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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