S, Strike

Strikethrough Support Key: S: [2\|3\|3.2\|4] [X1\|X1.1] [IE1\|*M2A8\|N3B5\|O2.1] Strike: [ 2 \| 3\|3.2\|4] [X1\|X1.1] [IE1\|M2A8\|N1.1\|O2.1*]	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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Quick Statistics
End Tag:		Required
Standards Details:		Both deprecated in HTML 4.x/XHTML 1.0, Not present in XHTML 1.1 (use CSS instead)
XHTML Modules:		Legacy
CSS 'display' Type:		"inline"
CSS Mapping:		text-decoration: line-through
Default Rendering:		Text content contains a horizontal line through the approximate vertical midpoint.
Official Docs:		HTML 4.x, XHTML 1.0

What is it?: These are Physical Style elements that indicate a sequence of characters that have a horizontal line striking through the middle. The HTML 2 specification had STRIKE as a proposed element which did not reach the final specification, but HTML 3 revised the syntax to S. The HTML 3.2 recommendation reverted to the earlier syntax, and HTML 4.0 includes BOTH usages. Many browsers support one or the other, or even both.

Markup example and Tests

<strike>strikethrough text</strike>
<s>strikethrough text</s>

Tips & Tricks

DTD Note: STRIKE was considered a "Proposed Element" in some early versions of the 2.0 DTD, but was not listed in the final 2.0 DTD specification at all. The expired HTML 3.0 draft altered the syntax for producing strike-through content to <S>, but the HTML 3.2 recommendation returned to the original HTML 2.0 syntax of STRIKE. HTML 4.0 added the syntax for BOTH elements.
Even though HTML 4.0 lists both S and STRIKE, HTML 3.2 only mentions the STRIKE element, so this usage is recommended.

Browser Peculiarities

There may have been a brief period around Opera 3.5 when the S element was not supported, but it definitely supports it from 2.1-3.2, and 3.6 onwards.

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