Description

The HTML element <mark> is used to define a marked text, which is rendered and displayed as a highlighted text on browsers with a yellow background.

The below table summarizes its usage.

Usage Details
Parent Elements <body>
Placement It is displayed as an Inline element.
Contents It can contain Inline elements and text.
Tags Both the opening and closing tags are required.
Versions HTML 5

Syntax

Here is the basic syntax of the <mark> element.

<mark>...</mark>

Examples

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Example - HTML Element mark</title>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This paragraph contains a <mark>highlighted</mark> text.</p>
</body>
</html>

Attributes

The following table shows the list of supported and unsupported attributes for the <mark> element.

Attribute Type Details
Element-Specific Attributes The tags <mark> doesn't have any element-specific attributes.
Global Attributes Like all other HTML tags, the tag <mark> supports the HTML Global Attributes.
Event Attributes The tags <mark> also supports the HTML Event Attributes.

Browser Compatibility

The tags <mark> is supported in all modern browsers.

  • Google Chrome 6+
  • Internet Explorer or Edge 9+
  • Firefox 4+
  • Apple Safari 5+
  • Opera 11.1+

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