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<ins> HTML inserted text element

Baseline
Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The <ins> HTML element represents a range of text that has been added to a document. You can use the <del> element to similarly represent a range of text that has been deleted from the document.

Try it

<p>&ldquo;You're late!&rdquo;</p>
<del>
  <p>&ldquo;I apologize for the delay.&rdquo;</p>
</del>
<ins cite="../how-to-be-a-wizard.html" datetime="2018-05">
  <p>&ldquo;A wizard is never late &hellip;&rdquo;</p>
</ins>

del,
ins {
  display: block;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
}

del {
  background-color: #ffbbbb;
}

ins {
  background-color: #d4fcbc;
}

del::before,
ins::before {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0.5rem;
  font-family: monospace;
}

del::before {
  content: "−";
}

ins::before {
  content: "+";
}

p {
  margin: 0 1.8rem;
  font-family: "Georgia", serif;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

cite

This attribute defines the URI of a resource that explains the change, such as a link to meeting minutes or a ticket in a troubleshooting system.

datetime

This attribute indicates the time and date of the change and must be a valid date with an optional time string. If the value cannot be parsed as a date with an optional time string, the element does not have an associated timestamp. For the format of the string without a time, see Format of a valid date string. The format of the string if it includes both date and time is covered in Format of a valid local date and time string.

Examples

html
<ins>This text has been inserted</ins>

Result

Technical summary

Content categories Phrasing content, flow content.
Permitted content Transparent.
Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Implicit ARIA role insertion
Permitted ARIA roles Any
DOM interface HTMLModElement

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# the-ins-element

Browser compatibility

See also

  • <del> element for marking deletion into a document

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