The **`<ins>` element** is used to define a piece of text that has been recently added to the webpage. Browsers display this newly added text as underlined text. The inserted text is enclosed within `<ins>` and `</ins>` tags. 
# Attributes
The `<ins>` tag supports #key# global attributes:attributes common to all HTML elements, e.g. class, id, lang, title, etc. #key#. It also supports **event attributes**, which are attributes connected to action events, e.g., user clicks a piece of text.  
Other attributes supported by `<ins>` tag are:


# Accessibility concerns 
There are some concerns with using this tag as most screen reader technologies cannot detect it. To make it more visible for screen reading devices, CSS styling can be used.
# Code
The following code displays an example of how to use the `<ins>` tag.

<html>
 <head>
 </head>
 <body>
   <p>“You need to cite your sources.”</p>
<ins cite="../howtocitesources.html" datetime="2021-06">
    <p>“Will do so from next time.”</p>
</ins>

 </body>
</html>

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What is the <ins> element in HTML?

The `<ins>` element highlights recently added text by underlining it and supports global and event attributes. Use CSS for better accessibility.

Attribute	Value	Explanation
cite	URL	This allows the user to cite the resource, the URL of the document that explains why the text was inserted
datetime	YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD	This allows user to specify the date and time the insertion took place