The MathML <msup>
element is used to attach a superscript to an expression.
It uses the following syntax: <msup> base superscript </msup>
.
Attributes
class
,id
,style
- Provided for use with stylesheets.
href
- Used to set a hyperlink to a specified URI.
mathbackground
- The background color. You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. mathcolor
- The text color. You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. superscriptshift
- The minimum space by which to shift the superscript up from the baseline of the expression, as a length value.
This attribute is deprecated and will be removed in the future.
Examples
Sample rendering:
Rendering in your browser:
<math> <msup> <mi>X</mi> <mn>2</mn> </msup> </math>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
MathML 3.0 The definition of 'msup' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Current specification |
MathML 2.0 The definition of 'msup' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial specification |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
msup | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 1 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
href | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 7 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support 7 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
mathbackground | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 4 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
mathcolor | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 4 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
superscriptshift | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 1 | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
See also
<msub>
(Subscript)<msubsup>
(Subscript-superscript pair)<mmultiscripts>
(Prescripts and tensor indices)