ins – inserted text

ⓘ ins – inserted text # T

The ins element represents a range of text that has been inserted (added) to a document.

Permitted contents #

transparent (either phrasing content or flow content)

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & cite & datetime

ⓘ global attributes

Any attributes permitted globally.

ⓘ cite = URL potentially surrounded by spaces #

The address of a document that explains why the text was added.

ⓘ datetime = date and time or date #

The date and time when the text was added.

A valid date-time as defined in [RFC 3339], with these additional qualifications:

the literal letters T and Z in the date/time syntax must always be uppercase
the date-fullyear production is instead defined as four or more digits representing a number greater than 0

Examples:

1990-12-31T23:59:60Z
1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00

A valid full-date as defined in [RFC 3339], with the additional qualification that the year component is four or more digits representing a number greater than 0.

Example:

1996-12-19

Tag omission #

An ins element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain phrasing elements, any element that can contain flow elements

DOM interface #

interface HTMLModElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute DOMString cite;
           attribute DOMString dateTime;
};

Typical default display properties #

ins {

text-decoration: underline; }

HTML: The Markup Language