HTML Element: <b>
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The HTML <b> element indicates bold text.
According to the HTML 5 specification it should be used as a last resort when
no other elements such as <strong>, <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5> or <h6> are
appropriate.
The attributes
it can take are HTML
global attributes and HTML event attributes.
To
create or access such an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods. 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>
<b>bold text</b>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("B");
x.textContent = "bold text";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("bold text");
// x.appendChild(txt);
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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