An id on an <abbr> tag assigns an identifier to the abbreviation.
The identifier must be unique across the page.
An id attribute on an <abbr> tag.
We use HTML to compose our web pages.
<p>
We use
<abbr id="html-abbr" title="Hypertext Markup Language">HTML</abbr>
to compose our web pages.
</p>
The id attribute assigns an identifier to the <abbr> element.
The id allows JavaScript to quickly access the <abbr> element.
It is also used to point to a specific id selector in a style sheet.
Tip: id is a global attribute that can be applied to any HTML element.
<abbr id="identifier">
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| identifier | A unique alphanumeric string. The id value must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens (-), underscores (_), colons (:), and periods (.). |
An <abbr> with a unique id value.
Clicking the button will display the title value of the abbreviation.
We use HTML to compose our web pages.
<p>
We use
<abbr id="htmlabbr" title="Hypertext Markup Language"> HTML </abbr>
to compose our web pages.
</p>
<br />
<button onclick="show();">Show title</button>
<script>
let show = () => {
let element = document.getElementById("htmlabbr");
alert("Abbr title = " + element.title);
}
</script>
The id attribute assigns a unique identifier to the <abbr> element.
Clicking the button calls JavaScript which locates the <abbr> element using the id.
Finally, the title value of the element is displayed in an alert box.
Here is when id support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
1.0 | Sep 2008 |
 Firefox
|
1.0 | Sep 2002 |
 IE/Edge
|
1.0 | Aug 1995 |
 Opera
|
1.0 | Jan 2006 |
 Safari
|
1.0 | Jan 2003 |
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