comment (HTML element)
| Depr. | Empty | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | N/A |
| IE5.5+ | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9.5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | None | None | None |
Example
Here’s an example of how
comment might be used:
<p><strike>The guy is a fool.</strike><comment>I obviously misunderstood what he was saying at first!</comment> The guy is an absolute genius. What was I thinking?</p>
- Type
- inline element
- Contains
- inline elements only
- Contained by
- block-level elements, inline elements
Description
The comment
element is a non-standard and little-supported element that’s used to add
comments to markup. It has just one
attribute—data—that points to a web page that
provides further information about the comment. Moving forward, this
element shouldn’t be used. Instead, use the standard HTML comment syntax
of <!-- comment here -->.
Use This for…
This element can be applied to any text content.
Compatibility
| IE | 5.5 | Full |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Full | |
| 7.0 | Full | |
| Firefox | 1.0 | None |
| 1.5 | None | |
| 2.0 | None | |
| Safari | 1.3 | None |
| 2.0 | None | |
| 3.0 | None | |
| Opera | 9.2 | None |
| 9.5 | None |
All the browsers tested ignored the comment element in the example HTML above; they rendered the text it contained as shown in Figure 1.
comment
element
Instead of comment, you should use this
approach to create code comments:
<p><strike>The guy is a fool.</strike><!-- I obviously misunderstood what he was saying at first! --> The guy is an absolute genius. What was I thinking?</p>
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