<samp>
HTML <samp> Tag
The <samp> tag contains sample output from a computer program or a script. In the browser, the content of the tag is displayed in a monospace font, by default.
The <samp> tag is a phrase tag indicating that a text section has structural meaning.
You can achieve a better effect with CSS, though the <samp> tag is not deprecated.
The default font face of the browser can be overridden with a CSS rule for the <samp> tag. However, the browser’s preferences may take priority over any specified CSS.
You can use the <output> tag instead of <samp> if you want an element to serve as a container for the output created by the website or JavaScript code.
Syntax
Syntax （语法）
The <samp> tag comes in pairs. The content is written between the opening (<samp>) and closing (</samp>) tags.
Example of the HTML <samp> tag:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>You see an ordinary text here. <samp>But this is a sample text.</samp> And another ordinary text.</p>
</body>
</html>
Result
In HTML, there are other elements used to specify the parts of a technical document: the <code> tag is used for defining the computer program output, the <kbd> tag is used for specifying a keyboard input, and the <var> tag is used for specifying variables.
Attributes
Attributes （属性）
The <samp> tag supports the Global attributes and the Event Attributes.
How to style <samp> tag? Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <samp> tag:
CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit. CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element. CSS font-size property sets the size of the font. CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform property controls text case and capitalization. CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style.
Coloring text in <samp> tag:
CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations. CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Text layout styles for <samp> tag:
CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block. CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signalled to the user. CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled. CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
Other properties worth looking at for <samp> tag:
CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text. CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text. CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line. CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text. CSS word-spacing property sets the spacing between words.