Template:Abbr

{{Abbr}} is a front-end for the HTML element ‎<abbr>...‎</abbr>, the element used by most web browsers to create a tooltip indicating the meaning of an abbreviation or acronym.

Please note: Do not use {{abbr}} or ‎<abbr> to mark up material other than abbreviations or acronyms. Using it to generate tooltips elsewhere is a misuse of the underlying HTML and causes accessibility problems.

{{abbr}} takes two unnamed parameters, in order:

• short form: shows as text
• long form: shows as the tooltip

A third unnamed parameter accepts the following values:

• IPA or i: Applies {{IPA}} to fix the International Phonetic Alphabet rendering on Windows XP.
• Unicode or u: Applies {{unicode}} to fix Unicode rendering on Windows XP.

Named parameters:

• class: Adds a CSS class.
• id: Adds an HTML id; this must be unique on the entire page.
• style: Adds a style attribute.

{{abbr|MSLP|Mean Sea Level Pressure}}

When hovering over the text "MSLP" then something like Mean Sea Level Pressure will appear as a tooltip in most browsers. Popular screen readers, used by visually impaired readers, display the long form in a different way.

{{abbr|UK|United Kingdom|class=country-name|id=foobar}}

This template is intended for use with abbreviations; it is not intended to be a tool for generating tooltips. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines contain guidelines for using the ‎<abbr> element generated by this template; see section H28: Providing definitions for abbreviations by using the abbr and acronym elements.

The following template names redirect to this one:

• {{Define}}
• {{Explain}}
• {{Tooltip}}

• {{abbrlink}}, a version of this template that includes wikilinking.
• {{discreet abbreviation}}, a version of this template that removes the dotted underlining otherwise shown below the abbreviation/acronym.
• {{R-phrase}}, which generates the abbreviation (the code number) for an R-phrase (a "Risk phrase", e.g. "Explosive when dry"). The R-phrase itself and a link to List of R-phrases is included in a tooltip.
• {{clarify}}, which produces the inline superscript:  Template:Fake clarify