Text Formatting

HTML <u> Tag

The <u> tag represents some text that is unarticulated and styled differently from normal text, such as misspelled words or proper names in Chinese text. The content inside is typically displayed with an underline. You can change this with CSS (see example below).

Definition and Usage

The <u> tag represents some text that is unarticulated and styled differently from normal text, such as misspelled words or proper names in Chinese text. The content inside is typically displayed with an underline. You can change this with CSS (see example below).

Standard Syntax:<u>...</u>

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HTML <u> Example

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<div style="font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; padding: 16px; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #0f172a;">
<p>This is some <u>mispeled</u> text.</p>
</div>

Attributes for <u>

0 Supported Attributes

The <u> tag does not have tag-specific attributes. It supports all standard Global Attributes.

Global Attributes

The <u> tag also supports the standard global attributes in HTML, including class, id, style, title, hidden, and data-*.

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Event Attributes

The <u> tag supports event attributes in HTML, such as onclick, onmouseover, onfocus, and more.

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