Abbreviations

text_fields What is the <abbr> element?

The HTML Abbreviation element represents an abbreviation or acronym.

Provides semantic meaning to shortened terms and improves accessibility.

code Syntax

<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>

The title attribute provides the full expansion or description.

visibility Browser Display

How it appears:
We use
HTMLHyperText Markup Language
to structure our web documents.

Most browsers display with a dotted underline and show the title as a tooltip on hover.

format_list_bulleted Common Examples

<abbr title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</abbr>
<abbr title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">NASA</abbr>
<abbr title="Laughing Out Loud">LOL</abbr>
HTML abbr element example