Strike Element Tutorial

<strike>

Introductory Text

The strike element renders strike-through style text.

[Note: This presentation element was developed before CSS; it has been deprecated in HTML 4.01 and obsoleted in HTML 5.]

Start tag:: <strike>
End tag:: </strike>

Use Examples

Example [Obsoleted]:

~~Nevermind reading this example: it’s obsolete.~~

Code [HTML]:


<p><strike>Nevermind reading this example: it’s obsolete.</strike></p>

Example [Suggested (Deleted Element)]:

~~This text has been struck with the del element semantics and default browser rendering.~~

Code [HTML]:


<p><del datetime="1929-10-31T12:05:25Z">This text has been struck with the <code>del</code> »
element semantics and default browser rendering.</del></p>

Example [CSS]:

This text has been struck with CSS use.

Code [HTML]:


<p class="struck">This text has been struck with <abbr>CSS</abbr> use.</p>

Code [CSS]:


.struck {
    text-decoration: line-through;
}

Content Model/Assigned Attributes

Element-Type:

Text-Level

Attributes:

</strike>