HTML Code Tag

Reference on the Code Tag of HTML, its useful example, and a list of allowed attributes.

The HTML code element is used to markup source code, such as HTML, css, JavaScript. Etc. Rendering code as text is done by replacing ">" with ">" and "<" with "<".

Most sites are using pre instead.

Attributes

Standard Attributes

Attribute:	Value:	Description:	DTD:
Attrs	Other Attributes	Common, Event, I18n	STF

DTD. Defines which document type the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, F=Frameset.

Example

The below shows how to markup code in HTML pages, using code tags.

 <code>
  &lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt;
&lt;html lang="en"&gt;

  &lt;head&gt;
    &lt;title&gt;My first Website&lt;/title&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;

  &lt;body&gt;
    &lt;p&gt;My first Website.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/body&gt;

&lt;/html&gt;
 </code>

Attributes

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