abbr

Abbreviation (XHTML table model)

See W3C documentation for the XHTML table model.

An abbreviated version of the cell's content. This allows visual browsers to use the short form if space is limited, and non-visual browsers can give a cell's header information in an abbreviated form before rendering each cell.

Attribute Values

In Elements

<td>
<th>
Value Meaning
Data characters Text, numbers, or special characters.
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used.