Web/HTML/Element/listing

ObsoleteThis feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

Summary

The HTML Listing Element (<listing>) renders text between the start and end tags without interpreting the HTML in between and using a monospaced font. The HTML 2 standard recommended that lines shouldn't be broken when not greater than 132 characters.

Note: Do not use this element.

• It is deprecated since HTML 3.2 and was neither implemented by all browsers, nor in a consistent way. Even more it is obsoleted in HTML5 and may be rendered by conforming user-agents as the <pre> element, which will interpret the internal HTML!
• Instead use the <pre> element or if semantically adequate the <code> element, eventually escaping the HTML '<' and '>' so that they don't get interpreted.
• A monospaced font can also be obtained on a simple <div> element, by applying an adequate CSS style using monospace as the generic-font value in a font-family property.

Attributes

This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.

DOM interface

This element implements the HTMLElement interface.

Implementation note: up to Gecko 1.9.2 inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
listing Deprecated'	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 4, this element implemented the HTMLSpanElement interface instead of the standard HTMLElement interface.	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	WebView Android No support No	Chrome Android No support No	Firefox Android No support No Notes' No support No Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 4, this element implemented the HTMLSpanElement interface instead of the standard HTMLElement interface.	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

No support  

No support

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.'

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

See also

• The <pre> and <code> elements to be used instead.
• The <plaintext> and <xmp> elements, similar to <listing> but also obsolete.

<listing> by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.