ObsoleteThis feature is obsolete.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.
The HTML Plaintext Element (<plaintext>) renders everything following the start tag as raw text, ignoring any following HTML. There is no closing tag, since everything after it is considered raw text.
Note: Do not use this element.
<plaintext>is deprecated since HTML 2, and not all browsers implemented it. Browsers that did implement it didn't do so consistently.<plaintext>is obsolete in HTML5; browsers that accept it may instead treat it as a<pre>element that still interprets HTML within.- If
<plaintext>is the first element on the page (other than any non-displayed elements, like<head>), do not use HTML at all. Instead serve a text file with thetext/plainMIME-type. - Instead of
<plaintext>, use the<pre>element or, if semantically accurate (such as for inline text), the<code>element. Escape any<,>and&characters, to prevent browsers inadvertently parsing content the element content as HTML. - A monospaced font can be applied to any HTML element via a CSS
font-familystyle with themonospacegeneric value.
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: In Gecko 1.9.2 and before, Firefox implements the interface HTMLSpanElement for this element.
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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Chrome
Full support Yes |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox Full support 4 Full support 4 Partial support Partial Notes' Before Firefox 4, this element implemented the |
IE
Full support Yes |
Opera
Full support Yes |
Safari
Full support Yes |
WebView Android
Full support Yes |
Chrome Android
Full support Yes |
Firefox Android
Full support 4 |
Opera Android
Full support Yes |
Safari iOS
Full support Yes |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full 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, which should be used instead. - The
<listing>and<xmp>elements, which are both obsolete elements similar to<plaintext>.
<plaintext>: The Plain Text element (Deprecated) by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.
