Xmp

Example Support Key: [2\|3\|3.2\|4] [X1\|X1.1] [IE1\|M2B1\|N1\|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:		2.0: Obsolete 3.0/3.2: Deprecated 4.0: Not listed XHTML: Not listed
XHTML Modules:		NA
CSS 'display' Type:		"block"
CSS Mapping:		NA
Default Rendering:		Fixed-width font, tag parsing halted inside of begin/end XMP tags.
Official Docs:		None

What is it?: The Xmp element displays characters "As-Is" in the browser using a fixed-width font. Recommended display of this element is an 80 character line length. Until a closing Xmp tag is encountered, other HTML tags are displayed as text and not evaluated.

The rules for this sort of behavior can have many consequences in parsing techniques, thus the use of this element is strongly discouraged (the PRE element should be used instead.) This element, along with the LISTING and PLAINTEXT are no longer standard HTML. They are considered "obsolete" in the HTML 2.0 and 3.2 specifications and are not included at all in HTML 4.0 and beyond. These elements should be implemented by browsers for backward compatibility with pages already using the elements.

Common Attributes
%Core%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE3|M|N4B2|O3.5]
%Accessibility%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6|O5]
%Events%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4B1|M|N6B1|O4]
%Language%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE4|M|N6B1|O]
%Editing%: [2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE5.5|M|N|O]
Specific Attributes
Align
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O5]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This indicates the horizontal alignment of the content in this block element relative to the browser window.; Values: Left [DEFAULT] | Center | Right
SDAForm
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This is an SGML Document Access (SDA) attribute. SDA attributes are designed to transform HTML (and other SGML-based documents) to the ICADD DTD - which is used in creating accessible documents for users with visual disabilities (rendering in Braille, large print, speech synthesis, etc.) The attribute value specifies the name of the element to convert this element to in the SDA element group (in this case the 'Lit' element - "literal or computer text".) SDA also allows attributes and values from the original element to be used in the new SDA element where necessary.; Value: Lit (Denotes 'literal or computer text' in SDA.)
SDAPref
[2|3|3.2|4] [X1|X1.1] [IE|M|N|O]: Standards Details: NA; Required? No; Description:
This is an SGML Document Access (SDA) attribute. SDA attributes are designed to transform HTML (and other SGML-based documents) to the ICADD DTD - which is used in creating accessible documents for users with visual disabilities (rendering in Braille, large print, speech synthesis, etc.) The attribute value specifies content to be added BEFORE the original element content (in this case the string "Example:&RE;") when the SDA document is rendered. &#RE; refers to a carriage return in the SDA transform.; Value: "Example:&#RE;"

Markup example and Tests

<xmp>XMP content</xmp>

Parent Model: NA*
Content Model: NA*

Tips & Tricks

DTD Note: This element is listed as an "Obsolete Element" in the HTML 2.0 DTD but is still listed under "Deprecated Elements" in the expired HTML 3.0 draft and HTML 3.2 recommendation. It is still understood by some browsers.
Because this tag has limited or no support in the HTML specifications, neither support or appearance in different browsers can be guaranteed.

Browser Peculiarities

[Test] Netscape and Mosaic are the only browsers to display all characters literally.

Example