<msub>

The MathML <msub> element is used to attach a subscript to an expression.
It uses the following syntax: <msub> base subscript </msub>.

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.

subscriptshift

The minimum space by which to shift the subscript below the baseline of the expression, as a length value.

Examples

Sample rendering:

Rendering in your browser: $X_1$

<math>
  <msub>
    <mi>X</mi>
    <mn>1</mn>
  </msub> 
</math>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Gecko-specific notes

• Starting with Gecko 26.0 (Firefox 26 / Thunderbird 26 / SeaMonkey 2.23 / Firefox OS 1.2) it is no longer possible to use <none /> as a child element. The rendering has been made more consistent with equivalent configurations of <msup> and <mmultiscripts> and a bug with an incorrect application of the superscriptshift attribute has been fixed (see bug 827713 for details).

See also

• <msup> (Superscript)
• <msubsup> (Subscript-superscript pair)
• <mmultiscripts> (Prescripts and tensor indices)