HTML <u> Tag

Description:

The html <u> tag defines underlined text. Any text enclosed between <u> and </u> tags will render the text with a line under the text. Caution is required when using this tag as it can often be confused with an hyperlink that is underlined.


This tag is deprecated in HTML 4.01, use CSS text-decoration property.

This tag has been re-introduced in HTML 5

Example Code:
This is an example of <u>underlined</u> text.
Result:
This is an example of underlined text.
Attributes:

None

Global Attributes:

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

Event Attributes:

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


Last updated on 2 August 2018 By Rene Spronk

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