The MathML <ms>
element represents a string literal meant to be interpreted by programming languages and computer algebra systems. By default, string literals are displayed as enclosed by double quotes ("
); by using the lquote
and rquote
attributes, you can set custom characters to display. Note that quotation marks should not be specified unless they are part of the string literal. The content of an <ms>
element is not an ASCII string per se, but rather a sequence of characters and <mglyph>
and <malignmark>
elements.
Attributes
- class, id, style
- Provided for use with stylesheets.
- dir
- The text direction. Possible values are either
ltr
(left to right) orrtl
(right to left). - lquote
- The opening quote character (depends on
dir
) to enclose the content. The default value is """.
- href
- Used to set a hyperlink to a specified URI.
- mathbackground
- The background color. You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. - mathcolor
- The text color. You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. - mathsize
- The size of the content. Possible values are:
small:
Font is rendered smaller than the current font size.normal:
Equivalent to 100% or 1em.big
: Font is rendered larger than the current font size.- a custom length.
- or a unitless value which multiplies the default.
- mathvariant
- This attribute specifies the logical class of the identifier, which varies in typography. That is, although the names suggest the typographic style for the class, semantically, items with the same class are treated "the same" within an expression, which might or might not involve displaying them with the named typography. The following values are allowed:
normal
(Default value) ;bold
;italic
;bold-italic
;
double-struck
;bold-fraktur
;script
;bold-script
;fraktur
;
sans-serif
;bold-sans-serif
;sans-serif-italic
;sans-serif-bold-italic
;monospace
;
initial
;tailed
;looped
;stretched
;
- rquote
- The closing quote mark (depends on
dir
) to enclose the content. The default value is """.
Examples
<math> <ms lquote="„" rquote="“"> abc </ms> </math>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
MathML 3.0 The definition of 'ms' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Current specification |
MathML 2.0 The definition of 'ms' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial specification |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Not supported | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
dir |
Not supported | 12.0 (12.0) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
href |
Not supported | 7.0 (7.0) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
mathsize |
Not supported | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
mathvariant |
Not supported | 28.0 (28.0) | 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 | 1.0 (1.9.2) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
dir |
Not supported | Not supported | 12.0 (12.0) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
href |
Not supported | Not supported | 7.0 (7.0) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
mathsize |
Not supported | Not supported | 1.0 (1.9.2) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
mathvariant |
Not supported | Not supported | 28.0 (28.0) | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
Gecko-specific notes
- Starting with Gecko 20.0 (Firefox 20.0 / Thunderbird 20.0 / SeaMonkey 2.17) a unitless value for
mathsize
is allowed. - Some
mathvariant
values are only implemented starting with Gecko 28.0 (Firefox 28.0 / Thunderbird 28.0 / SeaMonkey 2.25) and require appropriate math fonts.