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title: displaystyle
slug: Web/MathML/Global_attributes/displaystyle
browser-compat: mathml.global_attributes.displaystyle

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The displaystyle global attribute is a boolean setting the math-style of a MathML element.

Example

In this example, an munder element is used to attach a script "A" to a base "∑". By default, the summation symbol is rendered with the font-size inherited from its parent and the A as a scaled down subscript. With the explicit displaystyle="true" attribute, the summation symbol is instead drawn bigger and the "A" becomes an underscript.

<math>
  <munder>
    <mo>∑</mo>
    <mi>A</mi>
  </munder>
  <munder displaystyle="true">
    <mo>∑</mo>
    <mi>A</mi>
  </munder>
</math>

Syntax

<math displaystyle="true"></math>
<math displaystyle="false"></math>

Values

• true

  • : Sets the display style to normal.

• false

  • : Sets the display style to compact.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• All global attributes.

• The scriptlevel global attribute.

• {{cssxref("font-size")}}

• {{cssxref("math-depth")}}

• {{cssxref("math-style")}}