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<INS> and </INS>

Description Attributes Examples

Description:

Describe text that has been inserted into a document. This is most useful for legal documents in which it is necessary to show additions and deletions. Used with the <DEL> tag.

Attributes:

class=class

Indicates that the text is to be formatted using the specified class.

DATETIME=dateandtime

Date and time the element was inserted.

dir=direction

Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right.

event=JavaScript

When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript.

id = "name"

You can give a text a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML).

lang="lang"

Indicates the language of the text within the text.

style="style"

Defines the style in which the text will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet.

title="title"

You can give a text a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the text. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could.

URL="url"

URL of a resource which explains why the element was inserted.

Examples:

<DEL>for</DEL><INS>four</INS> score and seven years ago.

forfour score and seven years ago.


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