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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements The Conditional Challenge Solution

Naivedya Bansal
Naivedya Bansal
5,483 Points
Posted by Naivedya Bansal
Naivedya Bansal
5,483 Points

<strong> and <b> What is the difference?

what is the difference between <strong> tags and <b> tagS ?

3 Answers

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi,

b is used for styling a word / sentence bold whereas strong is used semantically to indicate importance.

This is a great way of explaining it over on Stack Overflow.

EDIT: The info over on w3schools may also help :)

Hope that helps.

-Rich

Stan Goldmann
Stan Goldmann
2,035 Points
Stan Goldmann
Stan Goldmann
2,035 Points

In HTML5 'strong' and 'b' both exist and have a different meaning.

The 'b' tag is for "offset text conventionally styled in bold without conveying any extra emphasis or importance".

'strong' is different. It "represents a span of text with strong importance." There is semantic meaning of importance here. In fact, a 'strong' tag within another strong tag has even more importance. There is nested importance.

Source : http://engineeredweb.com/blog/2013/html5-semantic-diff-bold-strong/

Brian Romine
Brian Romine
9,518 Points
Brian Romine
Brian Romine
9,518 Points

Additionally, it's less than ideal practice to use either. The "best practice" way to style those elements is to use CSS to set their properties rather than using the HTML. That keeps all of your styling in one place, which is better for future maintenance.

Noah Schill
Noah Schill
10,020 Points
Noah Schill
Noah Schill
10,020 Points

Is there a way to select a specific word in CSS using selectors?