HTML <ins> Tag

The <ins> tag is used to define a part of the text which has been inserted into the document. In the browser, tag content is displayed as an underlined text.

The <ins> tag is usually used with the <del> tag, which contains the deleted part of the text. The content of this element is displayed as crossed out text.

Syntax

The content of the tag is written between the opening (<ins>) and the closing (</ins>) tags.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>She likes <del>violets</del> <ins>snowdrops</ins>․</p>
  </body>
</html>
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Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
cite	URL	Indicates the URL of the document, where it is explained why the text is edited or deleted.
datetime	YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD	Defines the date and time of deleting the text.

The <ins> tag also supports the Global Attributes and the Event Attributes.