Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

<DEL> — NN n/a IE 4 HTML 4

Synopsis

<DEL>...</DEL>

End Tag: Required

The DEL element and its companion, INS, define a format that shows which segments of a document’s content have been marked up for deletion (or insertion) during the authoring process. This is far from a workflow management scheme, but in the hands of a supporting WYSIWYG HTML authoring tool, these elements can assist in controlling generational changes of a document in process.

Among the Version 4 browsers, only Internet Explorer supports the DEL element. Text contained by this element is rendered as a strikethrough style (whereas INS elements are underlined). The HTML 4.0 specification includes two potentially useful attributes (not in IE 4) for preserving hidden information about the date and time of the alteration and some descriptive text about the change.

Example

<P>Four score and 
<DEL CITE="Fixed the math">eight</DEL><INS>seven</INS> years ago...</P>

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.all.elementID

Attributes

CITE	DATETIME	ID	LANGUAGE	TITLE
CLASS	DIR	LANG	STYLE

Event Handler Attributes

Handler	NN	IE	HTML
onClick	n/a	4	4
onDblClick	n/a	4	4
onDragStart	n/a	4	n/a
onHelp	n/a	4	n/a
onKeyDown	n/a	4	4
onKeyPress	n/a	4	4
onKeyUp	n/a	4	4
onMouseDown	n/a	4	4
onMouseMove	n/a	4	4
onMouseOut	n/a	4	4
onMouseOver	n/a	4	4
onMouseUp	n/a	4	4
onSelectStart	n/a	4	n/a