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plainText element

Browser support:
Specifies that the rest of the contents in the document should be displayed as plain text.
This tag is deprecated. Use the pre element instead.
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This element cannot have a closing tag.
JavaScript page for this element: plainText.

Possible members:

Attributes
Events
Styles
Pseudos
accessKey
Sets an access key to an element.
cite
Sets the location of the source document.
class
Sets the style class or classes that belong to the element.
contentEditable
3
Sets whether the contents of the object are editable.
dir
Sets the text direction as related to the lang attribute.
DISABLED
Sets the state of an object for user interaction.
draggable
3.55
Sets whether an element is draggable.
HIDEFOCUS
Specifies whether a dotted rectangle (focus rectangle) is drawn around an object while it has focus.
id
Sets a unique identifier for the object.
lang
Specifies the language of the element.
language
Sets the scripting language for the current element. Use it only for the script element.
name
Sets the name of an element.
spellcheck
Sets whether the automatic spellchecker is enabled.
style
Sets an inline style associated with an element.
tabIndex
Specifies the tabbing order for keyboard navigation using the TAB key.
title
Specifies a tooltip for an element.
unSelectable
Sets whether the selection process can start in an element's content.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the plainText element:
<body>
    <button>Sample button</button>
    <plaintext>
    The rest of the contents are displayed as plain text.
    The </plaintext> string does not close the plaintext tag, it is also a plain text.
    The closing tag of the body is rendered as a plain text, too.
</body>
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