HTML Reference Manual

HTML Tag Reference

HTML: tag

The HTML tag only makes the text appear in italics, without providing any semantic meaning to the text. This tag is also commonly referred to as the element.

Hint: The HTML tag should not be confused with the tag, which is used to emphasize text.

Online Example

Example

!doctype html
<html
<head
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML5　i tag usage (Basic Tutorial Website oldtoolbag.com)</title>/>title
</>head
<body
<h1>Heading　1</h1>
<p>We want to italicize <i>this text</i>/i>.</p>
</body>
</html>

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Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

All mainstream browsers support the tag.

Definition and Usage of Tags

defines a part that is different from the rest of the text in the text, and presents this part of the text in italic.

The tag is used to represent technical terms, idioms and proverbs of other languages, ideas, the names of spacecraft, etc.

The tag is used for italic text, but does not emphasize the text like the tag.

In most cases, it is recommended to use the tag instead of the tag.

When there is no other appropriate semantic element that can be used, please use the element. Other semantic elements are as follows:

(emphasized text)
(important text)
(marked)/(highlighted text)
<cite> (the title of the work)
<dfn> (a definition item)

HTML 4.01 and HTML5differences between

In HTML 4.01 In, the tag presents italic text. However, in HTML5 There is no need to do this in, you can use style sheets to format the text in the element.

Global Attributes

Support for tag Global Attributes of HTML.

Event Attributes

Support for tag HTML Event Attributes.

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