: The Inline Code element

The <code> HTML element displays its contents styled in a fashion intended to indicate that the text is a short fragment of computer code. By default, the content text is displayed using the {{Glossary("user agent", "user agent's")}} default monospace font.

html

<p>
  The <code>push()</code> method adds one or more elements to the end of an
  array and returns the new length of the array.
</p>

css

code {
  background-color: #eeeeee;
  border-radius: 3px;
  font-family: "Courier New", monospace;
  padding: 0 3px;
}

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

A paragraph of text that includes <code>:

html

<p>
  The function <code>selectAll()</code> highlights all the text in the input
  field so the user can, for example, copy or delete the text.
</p>

Result

Notes

To represent multiple lines of code, wrap the <code> element within a {{HTMLElement("pre")}} element. The <code> element by itself only represents a single phrase of code or line of code.

A CSS rule can be defined for the code selector to override the browser's default font face. Preferences set by the user might take precedence over the specified CSS.

Technical summary

<table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories" >Content categories</a > </th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content" >Flow content</a >, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#phrasing_content" >phrasing content</a >, palpable content. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#phrasing_content" >Phrasing content</a >. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td> Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#phrasing_content" >phrasing content</a >. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td> <code ><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/structural_roles#structural_roles_with_html_equivalents">code</a ></code > </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td>Any</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td> {{domxref("HTMLElement")}} Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the {{domxref("HTMLSpanElement")}} interface for this element. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Attributes

Examples

Result

Notes

Technical summary

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also