This is an alphabetical list of MathML attributes. More details for each attribute are available on particular element pages.
Notes:
- The MathML {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }} and {{ MathMLElement("math") }} {{ gecko_minversion_inline("7.0") }} elements accept all attributes of all MathML presentation elements.
- See values for notes on values and units in MathML.
Name | Elements accepting attribute | Description |
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accent | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mover") }}, {{ MathMLElement("munderover") }} | A Boolean value specifying whether the operator should be treated as an accent. |
accentunder | {{ MathMLElement("munder") }}, {{ MathMLElement("munderover") }} | A Boolean value specifying whether the operator should be treated as an accent. |
actiontype | {{ MathMLElement("maction") }} | A string value specifying the action happening for this element. |
align | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} {{ MathMLElement("munder") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mover") }}, {{ MathMLElement("munderover") }} {{ MathMLElement("mstack") }} | Specifies different alignments of several elements (see element pages for details). |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} alignmentscope | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | A Boolean value specifying whether table columns should act as alignment scopes or not. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }}altimg altimg-width altimg-height altimg-valign alttext | {{ MathMLElement("math") }} | Visual and textual fall-back options. |
bevelled | {{ MathMLElement("mfrac") }} | Specifies the style how the fraction should be displayed. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} charalign | {{ MathMLElement("mstack") }} | Specifies the horizontal alignment of digits. |
close | {{ MathMLElement("mfenced") }} | A string for the closing delimiter. |
columnalign | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtd") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtr") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mlabeledtr") }} | Specifies the horizontal alignment of table cells. |
columnlines | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies table column borders. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} columnspacing | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies the space between table columns. |
columnspan | {{ MathMLElement("mtd") }} | A non-negative integer value that indicates on how many table columns does the cell extend. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} columnwidth | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies the width of table columns. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} crossout | {{ MathMLElement("mscarry") }} | Specifies what kind of line is drawn to cross out carries. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} decimalpoint | {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }} | If the decimalpoint value is used to specify the alignment, this attribute is specifying the character for the alignment point within {{ MathMLElement("mstack") }} and {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} columns. |
denomalign | {{ MathMLElement("mfrac") }} | The alignment of the denominator under the fraction. |
depth | {{ MathMLElement("mpadded") }} | Sets or increments the depth. See length. |
dir | {{ MathMLElement("math") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mi") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mrow") }}, {{ MathMLElement("ms") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtext") }} | The text direction. Possible values are either ltr (left to right) or rtl (right to left). |
display | {{ MathMLElement("math") }} | Specifies the rendering mode. The values block and inline are allowed. |
displaystyle | {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | A Boolean value specifying whether more vertical space is used for displayed equations or, if set to false , a more compact layout is used to display formulas. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} edge | {{ MathMLElement("malignmark") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} equalcolumns | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | A Boolean value indicating whether to force all columns to have the same total height. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} equalrows | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | A Boolean value indicating whether to force all rows to have the same total height. |
fence | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | A Boolean value specifying whether the operator is a fence (such as parentheses). There is no visual effect for this attribute. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} form | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | Specifies the role of the operator in an enclosed expression. |
frame | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies borders of an entire {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }}. Possible values are: none (default), solid and dashed . |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} framespacing | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies additional space added between the table and frame . |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} groupalign | {{ MathMLElement("maligngroup") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtd") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtr") }} | |
height | {{ MathMLElement("mglyph") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mpadded") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | Specifies the desired height. See lengths for possible values. |
href | All | Used to set a hyperlink to a specified URI. |
id | All | Sets up a unique identifier associated with the element. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indentalign | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indentalignfirst | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indentalignlast | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indentshift | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indentshiftfirst | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indentshiftlast | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} indenttarget | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} infixlinebreakstyle | {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }} | Specifies the default linebreakstyle to use for infix operators. |
largeop | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | Specifies whether the operator should be drawn larger than normal. |
length | {{ MathMLElement("msline") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} linebreak | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} linebreakmultchar | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} linebreakstyle | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} lineleading | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }} | |
linethickness | {{ MathMLElement("mfrac") }} | The thickness of the horizontal fraction line. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} location | {{ MathMLElement("mscarries") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} longdivstyle | {{ MathMLElement("mlongdiv") }} | Controls the style of the long division layout. |
lspace | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mpadded") }} | The amount of space before the operator (see length for values and units). |
lquote | {{ MathMLElement("ms") }} | The opening quote character (depends on dir ) to enclose the content. The default value is "" ". |
mathbackground | All | The background color. You can use #rgb , #rrggbb and HTML color names. |
mathcolor | All | The text color. You can use #rgb , #rrggbb and HTML color names. |
mathsize | {{ MathMLElement("mi") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mn") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("ms") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtext") }} | The size of the content. |
mathvariant | {{ MathMLElement("mi") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mn") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mo") }}, {{ MathMLElement("ms") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtext") }} | The logical class of the identifier, which varies in typography. |
maxsize | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | The maximum size of the operator. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} minlabelspacing | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | A length value specifing the minimum space between a label and the adjacent cell in the row. |
minsize | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | The minimum size of the operator. |
movablelimits | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | Specifies whether attached under- and overscripts move to sub- and superscript positions. |
notation | {{ MathMLElement("menclose") }} | A list of notations, separated by white space, to apply to the child elements. |
numalign | {{ MathMLElement("mfrac") }} | The alignment of the numerator over the fraction. |
open | {{ MathMLElement("mfenced") }} | A string for the opening delimiter. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} overflow | {{ MathMLElement("math") }} | If an expression is too long to fit in the allowed width, this attribute sets the preferred handling. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} position | {{ MathMLElement("msgroup") }}, {{ MathMLElement("msrow") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mscarries") }}, {{ MathMLElement("msline") }} | |
rowalign | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtd") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtr") }} | Specifies the vertical alignment of table cells. |
rowlines | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies table row borders. |
rowspacing | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies the space between table rows. |
rowspan | {{ MathMLElement("mtd") }} | A non-negative integer value that indicates on how many rows does the cell extend. |
rspace | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | The amount of space after the operator. |
rquote | {{ MathMLElement("ms") }} | The closing quote mark (depends on dir ) to enclose the content. The default value is "" ". |
scriptlevel | {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }} | Controls mostly the font-size. The higher the scriptlevel , the smaller the font size. |
scriptminsize | {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }} | Specifies a minimum font size allowed due to changes in scriptlevel . |
scriptsizemultiplier | {{ MathMLElement("mstyle") }} | Specifies the multiplier to be used to adjust font size due to changes in scriptlevel . |
selection | {{ MathMLElement("maction") }} | The child element which is addressed by the action. |
separator | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | There is no visual effect for this attribute, but it specifies whether the operator is a separator (such as commas). |
separators | {{ MathMLElement("mfenced") }} | A sequence of zero or more characters to be used for different separators. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} shift | {{ MathMLElement("msgroup") }} | |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} side | {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies the position where {{ MathMLElement("mlabeledtr") }} label elements should be placed. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} src | {{ MathMLElement("mglyph") }} | The location of the image resource. |
{{ unimplemented_inline() }} stackalign | {{ MathMLElement("mstack") }} | |
stretchy | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | Specifies whether the operator stretches to the size of the adjacent element. |
subscriptshift | {{ MathMLElement("mmultiscripts") }}, {{ MathMLElement("msub") }}, {{ MathMLElement("msubsup") }} | The minimum space by which to shift the subscript below the baseline of the expression. |
supscriptshift | {{ MathMLElement("mmultiscripts") }}, {{ MathMLElement("msup") }}, {{ MathMLElement("msubsup") }} | The minimum space by which to shift the superscript above the baseline of the expression. |
symmetric | {{ MathMLElement("mo") }} | If stretchy is true , this attribute specifies whether the operator should be vertically symmetric around the imaginary math axis (centered fraction line). |
voffset | {{ MathMLElement("mpadded") }} | Sets the vertical position of the child content. |
width | {{ MathMLElement("mglyph") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mpadded") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mspace") }}, {{ MathMLElement("mtable") }} | Specifies the desired width. See lengths for possible values. |
xlink:href | All | Can be used to set a hyperlink to a specfied URI. However, authors are encouraged to use the href attribute instead. |
xmlns | {{ MathMLElement("math") }} | Specifies the URI for the MathML namespace (https://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML ) |