Description

The <strong> tag specifies enclosed text as strongly emphasized text.

The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.

Placement:Inline
Content:Inline and text
Start/ End Tag:Start tag: required, End tag: required
Version:HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5; XHTML 1.0, 1.1

Difference between and tag

  • Both tags renders the text it encloses in a bold typeface, but the <strong> element which represents text of certain importance, the <b> tag doesn't convey any semantic information about the contained text.
  • It is strongly recommended to avoid the use of <b> tag; using CSS property font-weight with bold value would be a better choice for making the text bold.

Syntax

The basic syntax of the <strong> tag is given with:

HTML/XHTML: <strong> ... </strong>

The example below shows the <strong> tag in action.

<!--Example of bad usage. Don't use this tag-->
<p><strong>Warning!</strong> This is <strong>very dangerous</strong></p>

Note: The <strong> is identical in purpose to the <s> tag, which also specifies that the enclosed text should be rendered a line through it.

Tag-Specific Attributes

The <strong> tag doesn't have any specific attribute.

Global Attributes

Like all other HTML tags, the <strong> tag supports the glodelal Attributes in HTML5.

Event Attributes

The <strong> tag also supports the event Attributes in HTML5.

Browser Compatibility

Element
<strong>YesYesYesYesYes