HTML RP Tag

In HTML, the <rp> tag is used as fallback parenthesis for those browsers does not support <ruby> tag.

• There are some browsers that do not support <ruby> tag. Thus to show the enclosed text by <ruby> tag in those browsers that does not support <ruby> tag ;<rp> tag is used in HTML5
• The <ruby> tag acts as a parent of <rt> tag.

The <rp> tag requires both openings (start) and closing(end) tag. The syntax for the same is given below:

<ruby>
<rp>
..content here
</rp>
<ruby>

Below we have a basic example of <rp> tag and <ruby> tag is always a parent tag for it:

<ruby>
  ? <rp>(</rp><rt>Kan</rt><rp>)</rp>
  ? <rp>(</rp><rt>ji</rt><rp>)</rp>
</ruby>

This element does not have any specific attributes although this element supports Global and Event attributes.

Following browsers support this attribute:

• Google Chrome 5+
• Internet Explorer 5.5+
• Safari 5+
• Opera 15+