Description

The HTML element <u> is used to specify an underlined text.

It is used just for text formatting and provides no semantic information to browsers.

The below table summarizes its usage.

Usage Details
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 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5
This element is deprecated in HTML 4 and redefined in HTML5.
However, it's better to avoid using this element in your markup, as it looks like a hyperlink which might confuse users.

Syntax

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

<u>...</u>

Examples

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Example - HTML Element u</title>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This paragraph contains an <u>underline text</u>.</p>
    <!-- Alternative approach using CSS properties -->
    <p>This paragraph contains an <span style="text-decoration: underline;">underline text</span>.</p>
</body>
</html>

Attributes

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

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

Browser Compatibility

The tag <u> is supported in all modern browsers.

  • Google Chrome 1+
  • Internet Explorer or Edge 2+
  • Firefox 1+
  • Apple Safari 1+
  • Opera 4+

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