HTML <mark> Tag

  2. HTML Tags
  3. <mark>
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Description

The <mark> HTML element marks the text as selected. In the browser, the background color of the text inside the <mark> is highlighted in yellow.
Authors usually use <mark> to draw the reader’s attention to parts of the text. Note that such a text does not say anything about the importance of the selected fragment, but only suggests paying attention to it.

Properties

Permitted Parents
Any element that accepts phrasing content
Content
Inline and text
Start/End Tags
Start tag: required, End tag: required

Example

The Australian population is <mark>22.68 million</mark> people as of 2012

Attributes

None

Global Attributes

The <mark> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5

Event Attributes

The <mark> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5

Browser Support

The following table will show you the current browser support for the HTML <mark> tag.

Desktop
Edge Chrome Firefox Opera Safari
1274115.1
Tablets / Mobile
Chrome Firefox Opera Safari Samsung Webview
18414514.4

Last updated by CSSPortal on: 30th September 2023

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