[wp-hackers] <del> vs <span style="text-decoration:line-through">

[Michael Toppa]

Yes, the del tag is the way to go. It has a purpose that is more than 
just putting a line through text. See here:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.4

My guess is that TinyMCE went with the span tag before all the major 
browsers supported the del tag, but the major browsers have supported it 
for a while now (not all its attributes are supported by all of them 
yet, but they all at least render it).

Mike T
> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:05:17 +0100
> From: John Blackbourn <johnbillion+wp at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wp-hackers] <del> vs <span
> 	style="text-decoration:line-through">
> To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
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> I've just noticed that the Strikethrough button in TinyMCE doesn't use
> the <del> tag as one might expect. It instead uses <span
> style="text-decoration:line-through">. However, when using HTML mode
> in the editor, a <del> tag is used, complete with a datetime
> attribute.
>
> Surely the <del> tag is the more semantic option? Any opinions?
>
> Not sure if this is WP-specific or a TinyMCE thing, I've not looked
> into the code yet.
>
> John.
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