# comment

Comments out the enclosed text.

## Platform Support

IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
4.0-6.0 | no | no | no | no

## Example

This example comments out the sentence text:

    <comment> Do not use this format for comments. </comment>.

## Remarks

Deprecated. IE only. Use the <!--><--> tag set to comment out code instead.

## Attribute Detail

Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
data (comment) [URL] Specifies a reference URL for the comment. | 4.0+ | 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+
title [text-description] Short text description for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+

## Event Detail

Event | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
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

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