The <var> tag describes the variable in a mathematical expression or a programming context. Its content is usually presented in an italicized version of the current typeface.
Other elements that are used for describing technical parts of the documents in the contexts in which <var> is generally used include:
- the <code> tag, which defines a piece of computer code
- the <samp> tag, which defines sample output from a computer program or script
- the <kbd> tag, which defines keyboard output
Syntax
The <var> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between opening (<var>) and closing (</var>) tags.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<var>This is a variable</var>
</body>
</html>Result
Attributes
The <var> tag supports the Global attributes and the Event Attributes.
How to style <var> tag
Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <var> tag:?
- CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit
- CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element.
- CSS font-size property sets the size of the font.
- CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform Property controls text case and capitalization.
- CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style
Coloring text in <var> tag:
- CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations
- CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Text layout styles for <var> tag:
- CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
- CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
Other properties worth looking at for <var> tag
- CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
- CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text.
- CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line.
- CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- CSS word-spacing property: Allow setting the spacing between words.
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