<menclose>

The MathML <menclose> element renders its content inside an enclosing notation specified by the notation attribute.

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.

notation

A list of notations, separated by white space, to apply to the child elements. The symbols are each drawn as if the others are not present, and therefore may overlap. Possible values are:

Value	Sample Rendering	Rendering in your browser	Description
longdiv (default)		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	long division symbol
actuarial		$\overline{a^2+b^2\hspace{.2em}|}$	actuarial symbol
radical		$\sqrt{a^2+b^2}$	square root symbol
box		$\boxed{a^2+b^2}$	box
roundedbox		$\boxed{a^2+b^2}$	rounded box
circle		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	circle
left		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	line to the left of the contents
right		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	line to the right of the contents
top		$\overline{a^2+b^2}$	line above of the contents
bottom		$\underline{a^2+b^2}$	line below of the contents
updiagonalstrike		$\cancel{a^2+b^2}$	strikeout line through contents from lower left to upper right
downdiagonalstrike		$\bcancel{a^2+b^2}$	strikeout line through contents from upper left to lower right
verticalstrike		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	vertical strikeout line through contents
horizontalstrike		$\sout{a^2+b^2}$	horizontal strikeout line through contents
madruwb		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	Arabic factorial symbol
updiagonalarrow		$\overline{)a^2+b^2}$	diagonal arrow
phasorangle		$\phase{a^2+b^2}$	phasor angle

Examples

<math> 
  <menclose notation="circle box">
    <mi> x </mi>
    <mo> + </mo>
    <mi> y </mi>
  </menclose>
</math>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

[1] See bug 85733.

[2] updiagonalarrow and phasorangle are not supported - see WebKit bug 127466

Gecko-specific notes

• Addtional values for the notation attribute have been added in the following releases:
  • madruwb in Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1).
  • updiagonalarrow in Gecko 24.0 (Firefox 24.0 / Thunderbird 24.0 / SeaMonkey 2.21)
  • phasorangle in Gecko 32.0 (Firefox 32.0 / Thunderbird 32.0 / SeaMonkey 2.29)