# acronym

Specifies that a string is an acronym for a word or phrase.

## Platform Support

IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
4.0+ | 6.0+ | 1.0+ | no | 1.0+

## Example

This example defines the acronym :

    One such hot technology is <abbr title="Asynchronous JavaScript and XML"> </abbr>.

## Remarks

The <acronym></acronym> tag is typically only used in formatting with CSS style sheets and with scripts. Similar to the <abbr></abbr> tag.

## Attribute Detail

Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
class [class-name]. Example values: header-class, list-element, etc. CSS class assigned to the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
dir Direction of the element text. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
id [element-id] Unique identifier for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
lang [language-code]. Example values: "en" (English), "fr" (French), "es" (Spanish), etc. Language code for the content of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
style [style-name] Inline style for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
title [text-description] Short text description for the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+

## Event Detail

Event | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
onactivate Fires when the element becomes active. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onbeforedeactivate Fires immediately before the element stops being the active element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onbeforeeditfocus Fires immediately before the element receives focus prior to being edited. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onblur Fires when the element loses focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onclick Fires when the element is clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
oncontrolselect Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
ondblclick Fires when the element is double-clicked. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
ondeactivate Fires when the active element becomes inactive. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
ondrag Fires when the element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragend Fires when the element is released from being dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragenter Fires when the element has another object dragged onto it that can be dropped on the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragleave Fires when an element has an object dragged out of it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragover Fires when an element has an object dragged over it that could be dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondragstart Fires immediately before an element is dragged. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ondrop Fires when an object is dropped onto the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
onfocus Fires when the element receives focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onkeydown Fires when a user presses down on a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onkeypress Fires when a user presses a key or holds down the key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onkeyup Fires when a user releases a key while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmousedown Fires when a user clicks down on the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseenter Fires when the mouse pointer enters the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmouseleave Fires when the mouse pointer leaves the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmousemove Fires when the mouse moves while the pointer over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseout Fires when the mouse pointer moves off of the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseover Fires when the mouse pointer moves over the element. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmouseup Fires when the user releases the mouse button while the element has focus. | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+
onmove Fires when the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmoveend Fires when the element stops moving. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onmovestart Fires immediately before the element moves. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onreadystatechange Fires when the ready state of the element changes. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onresizeend Fires when the element is finished being resized. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onresizestart Fires immediately before a user resizes the element. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no
onselectstart Fires immediately before the element is selected. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+
ontimeerror Fires when a time-related error occurs. | 4.0+ | no | no | no | no

## Availability

W3C HTML 4.01

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