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The <menclose> MathML element renders its content inside an enclosing notation specified by the notation attribute.

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global MathML attributes.

  • notation {{Non-standard_Inline}}

    • : A list of notations, separated by white space, to apply to the child elements. The symbols are each drawn as if the others are not present, and therefore may overlap. Possible values are:

      ValueSample RenderingRendering in your browserDescription
      longdiv (default)<math><menclose notation="longdiv"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>long division symbol
      actuarial<math><menclose notation="actuarial"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>actuarial symbol
      box<math><menclose notation="box"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>box
      roundedbox<math><menclose notation="roundedbox"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>rounded box
      circle<math><menclose notation="circle"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>circle
      left<math><menclose notation="left"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>line to the left of the contents
      right<math><menclose notation="right"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>line to the right of the contents
      top<math><menclose notation="top"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>line above of the contents
      bottom<math><menclose notation="bottom"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>line below of the contents
      updiagonalstrike<math><menclose notation="updiagonalstrike"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>strikeout line through contents from lower left to upper right
      downdiagonalstrike<math><menclose notation="downdiagonalstrike"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>strikeout line through contents from upper left to lower right
      verticalstrike<math><menclose notation="verticalstrike"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>vertical strikeout line through contents
      horizontalstrike<math><menclose notation="horizontalstrike"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>horizontal strikeout line through contents
      madruwb<math><menclose notation="madruwb"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>Arabic factorial symbol
      updiagonalarrow<math><menclose notation="updiagonalarrow"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>diagonal arrow
      phasorangle<math><menclose notation="phasorangle"><msup><mi>a</mi><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mi>b</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></menclose></math>phasor angle

Examples

css
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 2rem;
}
html
<math display="block">
  <menclose notation="circle box">
    <mi>x</mi>
    <mo>+</mo>
    <mi>y</mi>
  </menclose>
</math>

Sample rendering:

Rendering in your browser:

{{ EmbedLiveSample('menclose_example', 700, 200, "", "") }}

Technical summary

<table class="properties"> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles">Implicit ARIA role</a> </th> <td> None </td> </tr> </table>

Specifications

The <menclose> element is not defined in any browser-oriented specification but you can find a description in MathML 4.

Browser compatibility

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