Htmlpedia
Advertisement


Abbr
Usage Defines an abbreviation
Supported On Chrome, Edge, IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera
See Also http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_abbr.asp

<abbr> is an HTML element that defines an abbrevation, for example "IDK", "Nov.", "ASAP". If you hover your cursor over the abbr element, then a tool tip with the text that you wrote inside the title=" " will appear.
Abbreviations can be useful for information to browsers, translation systems and search-engines.
This tag will work on all browsers.

<acronym> was the old name of this tag in HTML4.


Example[]

Code:[]

<p><abbr title="I don't know">IDK</abbr> is an abbrevation.</p>

Result:[]

IDK is an abbreviation.

Browser Support[]






   Chrome          Internet Explorer             Firefox             Safari            Opera

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Advertisement