HTML does have some strange code sometimes. Let's look at the 3 most uncommon tags that are rarely used and what their purpose is.
1. var tag
As far as its usage goes, its meant to simply denote to a browser that a mathematics variable will go inside the tag, so its not so useful but here's how we can use it.
<p>The area of a triangle is: 1/2 x <var>b</var> x <var>h</var>, where <var>b</var> is the base, and <var>h</var> is the vertical height.</p>
2. samp tag
The samp tag is used to define sample output from a computer program. So its usage is similar to the var tag. Here's an example of how we can use samp.
<p>Message from my computer:</p>
<p><samp>File not found.<br>Press F1 to continue</samp></p>
3. kbd tag
The kbd tag is used to define keyboard input. The content inside is displayed in the browser's default monospace font. Here's an example:
<p>Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd> to copy text (Windows).</p>
<p>Press <kbd>Cmd</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd> to copy text (Mac OS).</p>
So there you have it, 3 obscure html tags that are not the most useful but will probably make you look more professional when used in the proper context (at work, for demo purposes).
Top comments (18)
I came across another one, VERY obscure, I think way more obscure than these 3 ... the "ins" tag!
developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...
Came across it just now in a page. Never saw it before, never heard of it ... "ins" ... how bizarre is that!
Haha yeah definitely weird
Really good stuff. However, It's probably better to refer to these as elements. Tags are text in your markup (of which most elements have two, or at least an opening and implied closing). Elements are components of a web page.
the dialog tag the one caught me by surprise i use it in my project too for creating a modal using native dialog tag but i dont know how many browser support that but i think most modern browser use that recently
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nori ・ Jul 13 ・ 3 min read
I actually have used
<kbd>. It works great in Markdown for displaying keyboard shortcuts: CTRL+Z. Don't personally see any use case for the other two, however.I use
<code>for these tags. Hehehehe...Yeah one cannot help but wonder why these tags were ever invented.
lol yep
For semantics I guess
<code>is generic as it can contain anything<kbd>tells the browser and screenreaders somethingSome like
<samp>might be redundant?Oh. I forgot about screenreaders.
Also look at
DETAILSandSUMMARYtags. stackoverflow.com/a/38215801/105539nice first time I hear about that
Bet you haven't heard of
<ruby>tags: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...That's awesome! Another interesting one is the xmp or example tag it lets you display raw html code on the site as is.
yeah but I've used that tag a few times actually, its useful when showing code for others to copy!
I use kbd quite often actually, really nice for showing keyboard keys or key combinations.
that's cool !