# span

Span element used to surround content blocks for formatting.

## Platform Support

IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
3.0+ | 3.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+

## Example

This example displays the sentence "This sentence in this span is small." as small text, formatted as appropriate for the span:

    This sentence is normal-sized. <span id="small" >This sentence in this span is small. </span>, This sentence is also normal-sized.

## Remarks

Use the <span></span> element for inline style formatting.

## Attribute Detail

Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
accesskey [key]. Hot-key shortcut for the element. | 5.5+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
class [class-name]. Example values: header-class, list-element, etc. CSS class assigned to the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
contenteditable Specifies whether or not the content of the element is editable, or if the element inherits the value of this property from its parent. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
datafld [field-name] For a databound element, specifies the field supplying the data. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
dataformatas Specifies whether the element treats data as plain text or as html. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
datasrc [name/id-of-data-source] For a databound element, specifies the id of the data source. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
dir Direction of the element text. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
hidefocus Specifies whether the element shows a visual cue when it has focus. | 5.5+ | no | no | no | no
id [element-id] Unique identifier for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
lang [language-code]. Example values: "en" (English), "fr" (French), "es" (Spanish), etc. Language code for the content of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
language Script language for the element. | 3.0+ | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | no | 1.0+
style [style-name] Inline style for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
tabindex [number] Position of the element in the tabbing order for the document. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
title [text-description] Short text description for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
unselectable Specifies whether or not the element is unselectable. | 5.5+ | no | no | no | no

## Event Detail

Event | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
onactivate Fires when the element becomes active. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onbeforeactivate Fires immediately before the element becomes active. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onbeforecopy Fires immediately before the selection is copied to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onbeforecut Fires immediately before the selection is cut to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onbeforedeactivate Fires immediately before the element stops being the active element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onbeforeeditfocus Fires immediately before the element receives focus prior to being edited. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onbeforepaste Fires immediately before the selection is pasted from the clipboard to the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onblur Fires when the element loses focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onclick Fires when the element is clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
oncontextmenu Fires when the element is right-clicked and the context menu opens. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
oncontrolselect Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
oncopy Fires when the element is copied to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
oncut Fires when the element is cut to the clipboard. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondblclick Fires when the element is double-clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
ondeactivate Fires when the active element becomes inactive. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
ondrag Fires when the element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragend Fires when the element is released from being dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragenter Fires when the element has another object dragged onto it that can be dropped on the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragleave Fires when an element has an object dragged out of it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragover Fires when an element has an object dragged over it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragstart Fires immediately before an element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondrop Fires when an object is dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onfocus Fires when the element receives focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onfocusin Fires immediately before an element receives focus. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onfocusout Fires immediately after focus moves from the element to another element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onhelp Fires when a user presses the F1 key to activate help. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onkeydown Fires when a user presses down on a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onkeypress Fires when a user presses a key or holds down the key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onkeyup Fires when a user releases a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onlosecapture Fires when the element loses mouse capture. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmousedown Fires when a user clicks down on the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseenter Fires when the mouse pointer enters the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmouseleave Fires when the mouse pointer leaves the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmousemove Fires when the mouse moves while the pointer over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseout Fires when the mouse pointer moves off of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseover Fires when the mouse pointer moves over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseup Fires when the user releases the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmousewheel Fires when the user rotates the mouse wheel while the element has focus. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmove Fires when the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmoveend Fires when the element stops moving. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmovestart Fires immediately before the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onpaste Fires when the clipboard contents are pasted onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onpropertychange Fires when one of the properties of the element changes. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onreadystatechange Fires when the ready state of the element changes. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onresize Fires immediately before an element is about to be resized. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onresizeend Fires when the element is finished being resized. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onresizestart Fires immediately before a user resizes the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onselectstart Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ontimeerror Fires when a time-related error occurs. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no

## Availability

W3C HTML 4.01

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