<menclose>

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

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

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global MathML attributes.

notation Non-standard

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) longdiv a2+b2 long division symbol
actuarial actuarial a2+b2 actuarial symbol
box box a2+b2 box
roundedbox roundedbox a2+b2 rounded box
circle circle a2+b2 circle
left left a2+b2 line to the left of the contents
right right a2+b2 line to the right of the contents
top top a2+b2 line above of the contents
bottom bottom a2+b2 line below of the contents
updiagonalstrike updiagonalstrike a2+b2 strikeout line through contents from lower left to upper right
downdiagonalstrike downdiagonalstrike a2+b2 strikeout line through contents from upper left to lower right
verticalstrike verticalstrike a2+b2 vertical strikeout line through contents
horizontalstrike horizontalstrike a2+b2 horizontal strikeout line through contents
madruwb madruwb a2+b2 Arabic factorial symbol
updiagonalarrow Arrow pointing up and to the right. a2+b2 diagonal arrow
phasorangle Screenshot of the phasorangle notation a2+b2 phasor angle

Examples

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

Technical summary

Specifications

The <menclose> element is not defined in any browser-oriented specification but you can find a description in MathML 4.

Browser compatibility

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