HTML Element: <del>
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The HTML <del> element indicates text deleted
from a document. It is often used in association with
the <ins>
element to highlight modifications to text.
The
attributes it
can take (other than HTML global
attributes and HTML
event attributes) include:
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Attribute
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Description
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More
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cite
|
URL which
explains the quote / deleted / inserted text
|
Here
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datetime
|
Date and time of
element
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Here
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To
create or access such an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods, and additional properties with the same name and
meaning as the attributes of the underlying HTML element referred to above
(with the datetime property of
the underlying element corresponding to the dateTime
property of the DOM object). The default style applicable to this element is
shown here.
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<del>deleted text</del>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("DEL");
x.textContent = "deleted text";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("deleted text");
// x.appendChild(txt);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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