Deleted Element Tutorial

<del>

Introductory Text

The del element identifies deleted text.

Start tag:
<del>
End tag:
</del>

Use Examples

Example [Basic (HTML 4)]:

‛Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Code [HTML]:

<p><del>‛Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: »
All mimsy were the borogoves,</del> And the mome raths outgrabe.</p>
Example [Basic (HTML 5)]:

‛Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Code [HTML]:

<p><del datetime="2009-10-31T12:05:25Z" cite="/html-elements/groups/preformatted-element" »
title="Edit: The following section was found wanting">‛Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre »
and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves,</del> And the mome raths outgrabe.</p>
Example [HTML 5 (CSS)]:

‛Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.

Code [HTML]:

<p><del class="redacts" datetime="2009-10-31T12:05:25Z" cite="/html-elements/groups/preformatted-element" »
title="Edit: Redacted">‛Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the »
borogoves,</del> And the mome raths outgrabe.</p>
Code [CSS]:

.redacts {
    color:#000;
    background-color:#000;
}

Content Model/Assigned Attributes

Element-Type:
Text-Level [HTML 4.01]
Transparent [HTML 5]
Attributes:

</del>