HTML ins tag and element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:39 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

1. HTML ins (inserted text) element represents a run of text, which has been inserted into a document, while a different version of the document does not have that text.

2. Often HTML ins element is used along with del element.

Syntax

<ins>text</ins>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Yes.

Can contain

HTML ins element can contain inline elements and block-level elements.If this element is used as an inline element, not block level element should be used within the ins element.

The following example is an inappropriate use of ins element.

<p><ins><div>Some text..... </ins></div></p>

Can reside within

HTML ins element can reside within inline as well as block level elements.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

Attribute	Value	Description
cite	An url.	Value of the attribute points to a source document or message.
datetime	Date and time.	The value of the attribute specifies the date time, when the text had been inserted.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional, and HTML 4.01 Frameset.

Example of using HTML ins element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html ins tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><ins datetime="2011-01-05T08:15:30+05:30" cite="https://www.w3resource.com/html/HTML-tutorials.php">We are using HTML 4.01 Strict DOCTYPE.</ins></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

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HTML ins tag example.

Pictorial presentation

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