HTML - <xmp>
The HTML Example Element (<xmp>) renders text between the start and end tags without interpreting the HTML in between and using a monospaced font. The HTML2 specification recommended that it should be rendered wide enough to allow 80 characters per line.
Description
The HTML Example Element (<xmp>) renders text between the start and end tags without interpreting the HTML in between and using a monospaced font. The HTML2 specification recommended that it should be rendered wide enough to allow 80 characters per line.
- It has been deprecated since HTML3.2 and was not implemented in a consistent way. It was completely removed from the language in HTML5.
- Use the
<pre>element or, if semantically adequate, the<code>element instead. Note that you will need to escape the '<' character as '<' to make sure it is not interpreted as markup. - A monospaced font can also be obtained on any element, by applying an adequate CSS style using
monospaceas the generic-font value for thefont-familyproperty.
See Also
- The
<pre>and<code>elements to be used instead. - The
<plaintext>and<listing>elements, similar to<xmp>but also obsolete.
This element implements the HTMLElement interface.
Implementation note: up to Gecko 1.9.2 inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/html/element/xmp