HTML <code> Tag
The <code> tag is used to insert lines of program code. Description of the tag, attributes and examples of usage.
The <code> tag is used to insert variables, fragments of program code, etc. into an HTML document. In the browser, the code is displayed in a monospaced font (a font in which all characters have the same width). The <code> tag is an inline element by default.
The <code> tag alone represents a single code line or code phrase. It should be wrapped within a <pre> element for representing several lines of code.
You can use CSS to achieve better effects.
Syntax
The <code> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening (<code>) and closing (</code>) tags.
Example of the HTML <code> tag:
HTML <code> Tag
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Ordinary text.</p>
<code>Line of program code.</code>
<p>Continuation of the ordinary text.</p>
</body>
</html>Result
Example of the HTML <code> tag placed inside an HTML <pre> tag:
Example of the HTML <code> tag inside an HTML <pre> tag:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<pre>
<code>
body {
color: yellow;
font-size: 16px;
line-height: 1.5;
}
</code>
</pre>
</body>
</html>Example of the HTML <code> tag with CSS properties:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
.code-style {
font-size: 20px;
line-height: 28px;
background-color: lightblue;
color: #ffffff;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Ordinary text.</p>
<code class="code-style">Line of program code.</code>
<p>Continuation of the ordinary text.</p>
</body>
</html>Attributes
The <code> tag supports the Global Attributes and the Event Attributes.
For example, you can use the title attribute to add a tooltip: <code title="Variable declaration">let x = 10;</code>.
Practice
What is the correct usage of the HTML <code> tag?