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title: <menclose>
slug: Web/MathML/Element/menclose
browser-compat: mathml.elements.menclose

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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_Inline}}

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

Examples

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

{{ EmbedLiveSample('menclose_example', 700, 200, "", "") }}

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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