HTML xmp Tag - Learn HTML

The <xmp> element renders text between the start and end tags without interpreting any HTML inside it, and displays it using a monospaced font.

Danger

The <xmp> tag is obsolete and is not supported in HTML5. Use the <pre> element instead. Unlike <xmp>, <pre> interprets HTML tags inside it, so you must use &lt; and &gt; instead of < and > characters to make sure they are not interpreted as markup.

Syntax

The <xmp> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening (<xmp>) and closing (</xmp>) tags.

Example of the HTML `<xmp>` tag

HTML <xmp> Tag

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>The title of the document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <xmp> This is a preformatted text.
      All characters in this area have the same width,
      and the spaces and line breaks within this element are shown as typed.
    </xmp>
  </body>
</html>

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Result

Attributes

The <xmp> tag also supports the Global Attributes.

Practice

What is the characteristic of the HTML <xmp> tag?

It's used for displaying preformatted text and tags.
It's deprecated in HTML5.
It allows the use of inline styles.
Content placed inside the `

Syntax

Example of the HTML <xmp> tag

Result

Attributes

Practice

Example of the HTML `<xmp>` tag