How to use the `tag for keyboard input formatting in HTML?`

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

We use <kbd> tag to define keyboard input. It is a phrase tag that is used to identify text that represents user keyboard input. The content inside is displayed in the default monospace font by most browsers. We can override the font using style sheet.

Syntax

<kbd> Keyboard text…

Example 1

Following is the example using the <kbd> tag in HTML −


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="description" content="meta tag in the web document">
   <meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS">
   <meta name="author" content="lokesh">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
   <p>
      Open a new file using the keyboard shortcut 
      <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>N</kbd>
   </p>
   <p>Press<kbd>Ctrl </kbd> + <kdb>C </kdb>to copy text from the file.</p>
   <p>Press<kbd>Ctrl </kbd> + <kdb>P </kdb>to paste text to the file.</p>
</body>
</html>

Example 2

This tag can be used in html document as −


<html>
   <body>
      <p>Two special keys in keyboard are:<kbd>ctrl</kbd>, <kbd>alt</kbd>.</p>
   </body>
</html>

Example 3

We can also add styling to the keyboard value in the HTML document.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="description" content="meta tag in the web document">
   <meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS">
   <meta name="author" content="lokesh">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      kbd {
         border-radius: 2px;
         padding: 2px;
         border: 1px solid black;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <p>
      Open a new file using the keyboard shortcut
      <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>N</kbd>
   </p>
   <p>Press<kbd>Ctrl </kbd> + <kdb>C </kdb>to copy text from the file.</p>
   <p>Press<kbd>Ctrl </kbd> + <kdb>P </kdb>to paste text to the file.</p>
</body>
</html>

Lokesh Badavath

Updated on: 19-Oct-2022

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How to use the tag for keyboard input formatting in HTML?