HTML - <Abbr> (Abbreviation)
This element allows authors to clearly indicate a sequence of characters that compose an acronym or abbreviation for a word (XML, WWW, and so on).
Syntax
<abbr
class="class name"
id="unique alphanumeric identifier"
style="style information"
title="advisory text"
onclick="script"
ondblclick="script"
onkeydown="script"
onkeypress="script"
onkeyup="script"
onmousedown="script"
onmousemove="script"
onmouseout="script"
onmouseover="script"
onmouseup="script">
</abbr>
Attributes
| CLASS | This attribute is set to indicate the class or classes that a particular element belongs to. A class name is used by a style sheet to associate style rules to multiple elements at once. |
| ID | This attribute specifies a unique alphanumeric identifier to be associated with an element. Naming an element is important to being able to access it with a style sheet, a link, or a scripting language. Names should be unique to a document and should be meaningful. |
| STYLE | This attribute specifies an inline style associated with the element. The style information is used to determine the rendering of the affected element. |
| TITLE | This attribute supplies advisory text for the element that may be rendered as a tool tip when the mouse is over the element. A title may also simply provide information that alerts future document maintainers to the meaning of the element and its enclosed content. |
Event Handlers
| onclick | Indicates that the element has been clicked. |
| ondblclick | Indicates that the element has been double-clicked. |
| onkeydown | Indicates that a key is being pressed down with focus on the element. |
| onkeypress | Describes the event of a key being pressed and released with focus on the element. |
| onkeyup | Indicates that s key is being released with focus on the element. |
| onmousedown | Indicates the press of a mouse button with focus on the element. |
| onmousemove | Indicates that the mouse has moved while over the element. |
| onmouseout | Indicates that the mouse has moved away from an element. |
| onmouseover | Indicates that the mouse has moved over an element. |
| onmouseup | Indicates the release of a mouse button with focus on the element. |
Examples
<abbr title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr>