<ms>

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2023.

The <ms> MathML element represents a string literal meant to be interpreted by programming languages and computer algebra systems.

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global MathML attributes.

Examples

Default rendering

html
<math display="block">
  <ms>Hello World!</ms>
</math>

Legacy quote attributes

html
<math display="block">
  <ms lquote="„" rquote="'">abc</ms>
</math>

Technical summary

Implicit ARIA role None

Specifications

Specification
MathML Core
# string-literal-ms

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
ms
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 109 (Release date: 2023-01-10)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 109 (Release date: 2023-01-12)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 95 (Release date: 2023-02-01)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 9 (Release date: 2015-09-30)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 109 (Release date: 2023-01-10)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 74 (Release date: 2023-03-13)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 21 (Release date: 2023-05-19)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 109 (Release date: 2023-01-10)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support