HTML - <s> Tag

HTML <s> tag is use to represent the content that is no longer correct or accurate. It stands for strikethrough tag and useful to render text with a strikethrough, or a line through it.

It is recommended to use the <del> tag instead of the <s> tag to define deleted text in a document.

Syntax

<s>.....</s>

Attribute

HTML s tag supports Global and Event attributes of HTML.

Examples of HTML s Tag

Bellow examples will illustrate the usage of s tag, where, when and how to use to s tag on any particular text in a sentence or on the whole sentence.

Striking on Keyword

In the following example, we are creating an HTML document and using the <s> tag to represent a word or sentence that is no longer correct.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <h2>Example of <s> tag </h2>
   <p>
      <b>Tutorialspoint</b>
      <s> Makes life difficult </s> 
      Makes life easy! because Easy to learn
   </p>
</body>
</html>

Styling strike line

Considering the following example, we repeat the previous example with the same paragraph, but this time we only include the CSS attributes to make the paragraph more stylish.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      p {
         font-size: 20px;
         font-style: italic;
      }
   
      b {
         color: green;
      }
   
      span {
         color: black;
      }
   
      s {
         background-color: #F88379;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>Example of <s> tag </h2>
   <p>
      <b>tutorials <span>point</span>
      </b>
      <s> Makes life difficult</s> Siply Easy Learning
   </p>
</body>
</html>

Striking whole Sentence

Let's look at the following example, where we are creating an HTML document and using the <s> tag to mark a line through it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      s {
         background: red;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>The HTML s Tag</h2>
   <p>
      <s>Only 25 tickets left!</s>
   </p>
   <p>SOLD OUT!</p>
</body>
</html>

Supported Browsers

Tag
s	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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