The HTML <code> element marks text as programming code. Browsers usually display that text in a monospace font, giving code its familiar tidy columns. section 16.1
Inline code
Use the CSS <code>rgb()</code> function.
Code element
The HTML code element marks a fragment of computer program code.
How Web Design Playground, Second Edition covers it
- How deep it goes
- Defines the element’s meaning and typical monospace rendering without detailing advanced behavior or styling.
- Examples
- Uses an inline CSS function and a multi-line JavaScript listing.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via HTML to identify programming code in inline and multi-line examples.
- How it connects
- Connects semantic HTML with text-level elements and preformatted text.
Related concepts
- codeuses · Code is instructions or declarations expressed in a programming language that specify computational operations or software behavior.
- pre elementused by · The pre element is an HTML element representing preformatted text with preserved whitespace and line breaks.
- divpart of · The HTML div element is a generic container for grouping flow content without inherent semantic meaning or specialized behavior.
- browseruses · A web browser is software that retrieves, interprets, and renders web resources, executes supported web content, and enables interaction with web pages and applications.
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