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<header><h1><code>: The Inline Code element</h1></header><div class="section-content"><p>The <code><code></code> <a href="../index">HTML</a> 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 <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/User_agent">user agent's</a> default monospace font.</p></div>
<h2 id="try_it">Try it</h2>
<div class="section-content"><iframe class="interactive is-tabbed-shorter-height" height="200" src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/pages/tabbed/code.html" title="MDN Web Docs Interactive Example" loading="lazy"></iframe></div>
<h2 id="attributes">Attributes</h2>
<div class="section-content"><p>This element only includes the <a href="../global_attributes">global attributes</a>.</p></div>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="section-content">
<p>A paragraph of text that includes <code><code></code>:</p> <div class="code-example">
<p class="example-header"><span class="language-name">html</span></p>
<pre data-signature="t8JtxQnLEAQs0/oTEijEEbFpEF1+TNBRBKUE32DIOQw=" data-language="html"><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
The function <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>code</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>selectAll()<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>code</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span> highlights all the text in the input
field so the user can, for example, copy or delete the text.
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
</pre>
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<h3 id="result">Result</h3>
<div class="section-content"><div class="code-example" id="sect1">
<iframe class="sample-code-frame" title="Examples" id="frame_example" width="640" height="70" src="https://live.mdnplay.dev/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/code/runner.html?id=example" loading="lazy"></iframe>
</div></div>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>
<div class="section-content">
<p>To represent multiple lines of code, wrap the <code><code></code> element within a <a href="pre"><code><pre></code></a> element. The <code><code></code> element by itself only represents a single phrase of code or line of code.</p> <p>A CSS rule can be defined for the <code>code</code> selector to override the browser's default font face. Preferences set by the user might take precedence over the specified CSS.</p>
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<h2 id="technical_summary">Technical summary</h2>
<div class="section-content"><figure class="table-container"><div class="_table"><table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="../content_categories">Content categories</a></th> <td> <a href="../content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>, <a href="../content_categories#phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>, palpable content. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td>
<a href="../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="../content_categories#phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td><code><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/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> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement"><code>HTMLElement</code></a> Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSpanElement"><code>HTMLSpanElement</code></a> interface for this element. </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div></figure></div>
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<div class="_table"><table class="standard-table">
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Specification</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td><a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-code-element">HTML Standard <br><small># the-code-element</small></a></td></tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div class="_table"><table>
<thead>
<tr id="bct-browser-type">
<th></th>
<th colspan="6">Desktop</th>
<th colspan="6">Mobile</th>
</tr>
<tr id="bct-browsers">
<th></th>
<th>Chrome</th>
<th>Edge</th>
<th>Firefox</th>
<th>Internet Explorer</th>
<th>Opera</th>
<th>Safari</th>
<th>WebView Android</th>
<th>Chrome Android</th>
<th>Firefox for Android</th>
<th>Opera Android</th>
<th>Safari on IOS</th>
<th>Samsung Internet</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr>
<th><code>code</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">≤4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">≤3.2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="section-content"><ul> <li><a href="samp"><code><samp></code></a></li> <li><a href="kbd"><code><kbd></code></a></li> <li><a href="var"><code><var></code></a></li> <li><a href="pre"><code><pre></code></a></li> </ul></div><div class="_attribution">
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