<xmp>

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

Summary

The <xmp> HTML element renders text between the start and end tags without interpreting the HTML in between and using a monospaced font. The HTML2 specification recommended that it should be rendered wide enough to allow 80 characters per line.

Note: Do not use this element.

  • It has been deprecated since HTML3.2 and was not implemented in a consistent way. It was completely removed from current HTML.
  • Use the <pre> element or, if semantically adequate, the <code> element instead. Note that you will need to escape the < character as &lt; and the & character as &amp; to make sure they are not interpreted as markup.
  • A monospaced font can also be obtained on any element, by applying an adequate CSS style using monospace as the generic-font value for the font-family property.

Attributes

This element has no other attributes than the global attributes, common to all elements.

DOM interface

This element implements the HTMLElement interface.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# xmp

Browser compatibility

See also

  • The <pre> and <code> elements to be used instead.
  • The <plaintext> element, similar to <xmp> but also obsolete.