<tt>

Teletype text is text that is displayed on a fixed-width display such as a teletype, text-only screen, or line printer.

Rendering expectations

The content of the <tt> element is typically rendered in a monospaced font.

Specialization hierarchy

The <tt> element is specialized from <ph>. It is defined in the highlighting-domain module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @keyref.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows how the <tt> element can be used to apply monospaced highlighting:

<p>Make sure that the screen displays <tt>File successfully created</tt> before
proceeding to the next stage of the task.</p>

While the example demonstrates a potential use of <tt>, use <systemoutput> if you have access to the elements in the software domain.