The MathML <mglyph>
element is used to display non-standard symbols where existing Unicode characters are not available. It may be used within token elements.
Attributes
- alt
- This attribute defines the alternative text describing the image. Users will see this displayed if the image URL is wrong, the image is not in one of the supported formats, or until the image is downloaded.
- class, id, style
- Provided for use with stylesheets.
- height
- The height of the image.
- href
- Used to set a hyperlink to a specified URI.
- mathbackground
- The background color (if the image has transparency). You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. - src
- The image URL.
- valign
- Specifies the vertical alignment with respect to the current baseline.
- width
- The width of the image.
Examples
<math> <mi><mglyph src="my-glyph.png" alt="my glyph"/></mi> </math>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
MathML 3.0 The definition of 'mglyph' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Current specification |
MathML 2.0 The definition of 'mglyph' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial specification |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Not supported | Not supported [1] | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported [1] | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
[1] See bug 297465.