lang attribute | lang property

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Sets or retrieves the language to use.

Syntax

HTML<element lang="p" ... >
JavaScript

p = object.lang

Property values

Type: String

an ISO standard language abbreviation.

Remarks

The parser uses this property to determine how to display language-specific choices for quotations, numbers, and so on.

See also

a
abbr
acronym
address
applet
area
article
aside
b
bdo
big
blockQuote
body
br
button
caption
center
cite
code
col
colGroup
custom
dd
del
dfn
dir
div
dl
dt
em
embed
fieldSet
figcaption
figure
font
footer
form
frame
frameSet
head
header
hgroup
hn
hr
html
i
iframe
img
input type=button
input type=checkbox
input type=file
input type=hidden
input type=image
input type=password
input type=radio
input type=reset
input type=submit
input type=text
ins
isIndex
kbd
label
legend
li
listing
map
mark
marquee
menu
nav
nextID
noBR
object
ol
optGroup
option
p
plainText
pre
q
rt
ruby
s
samp
section
select
small
span
strike
strong
sub
sup
table
tBody
td
textArea
tFoot
th
tHead
tr
tt
u
ul
var
xmp

 

 

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