<plaintext>: The Plain Text element (Deprecated) #
::: section-content ::: {#sect1 .notecard .deprecated} Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time. :::
The <plaintext>
HTML element renders everything following
the start tag as raw text, ignoring any following HTML. There is no
closing tag, since everything after it is considered raw text.
::: {#sect2 .notecard .warning} Warning: Do not use this element.
<plaintext>is deprecated since HTML 2, and not all browsers implemented it. Browsers that did implement it didn't do so consistently.<plaintext>is obsolete; browsers that accept it may instead treat it as a<pre>element that still interprets HTML within.- If
<plaintext>is the first element on the page (other than any non-displayed elements, like<head>), do not use HTML at all. Instead serve a text file with thetext/plainMIME-type. - Instead of
<plaintext>, use the<pre>element or, if semantically accurate (such as for inline text), the<code>element. Escape any<,>and&characters, to prevent browsers inadvertently parsing content the element content as HTML. - A monospaced font can be applied to any HTML element via a
CSS
font-familystyle with themonospacegeneric value. ::: :::
Attributes #
::: section-content This element has no other attributes than the global attributes common to all elements. :::
DOM interface #
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This element implements the
HTMLElement
interface.
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Specifications #
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Specification #
HTML Standard
[#
plaintext]{.small}
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Browser compatibility #
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Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Opera Safari WebView Chrome Firefox Opera Safari Samsung
Explorer Android Android for Android on IOS Internet
Android
plaintext 1 12 4 Yes 15 ≤4 4.4 18 4 14 ≤3.2 1.0
1--4
Before Firefox 4,
this element
implemented the
`HTMLSpanElement`
interface instead
of the standard
`HTMLElement`
interface.
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See also #
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- The
<pre>and<code>elements, which should be used instead. - The
<xmp>element, also obsolete, similar to<plaintext>{aria-current=“page”}. :::
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