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Canvas HTML Editor Allowlist

Canvas HTML Editor Allowlist

This document lists the HTML codes that are permissible in Canvas.

 

Allowed HTML Tags

a, acronym, address, area, article, aside, audio, b, bdo, big, blockquote, br, caption, cite, code, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, dfn, div, dl, dt, em, embed, footer, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, header, hr, i, img, ins iframe, kbd, legend, li, map, nav, object, ol, p, param, picture, pre, q, ruby, rp, rt, samp, section, small, span, strike strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, time, tr, track, tt, u, ul, var, video

MathML tags

annotation, annotation-xml, maction, maligngroup, malignmark, math, menclose, merror, mfenced, mfrac, mglyph, mi, mlabeledtr, mlongdiv, mmultiscripts, mn, mo, mover, mpadded, mphantom, mprescripts, mroot, mrow, ms, mscarries, mscarry, msgroup, msline, mspace, msqrt, msrow, mstack, mstyle, msub, msubsup, msup, mtable, mtd, mtext, mtr, munder, munderover, none, semantics, mark

Allowed Attributes on HTML Elements

all elements allow style, class, id, title, role, lang, dir

Element Allowed Attribute(s)
a href, target, name
abbr title
area alt, coords, href, shape, target
aria labelledby, atomic, busy, controls, describedby, disabled, dropeffect, flowto, grabbed, haspopup, hidden, invalid, label, labelledby, live, owns, relevant, autocomplete, checked, disabled, expanded, haspopup, hidden, invalid, label, level, multiline, multiselectable, orientation, pressed, readonly, required, selected, sort, valuemax, valuemin, valuenow, valuetext
audio name, src, muted, controls
blockquote cite
col span, width
colgroup span, width
embed name, src, type, allowfullscreen, pluginspage, wmode, allowscriptaccess, width, height
font  face, color, size
img align, alt, height, src, title, usemap, width
iframe src, width, height, name, align, allowfullscreen
map name
object width, height, style, data, type, classid, codebase
ol start, type
param name, value
q cite
source Height, media, sizes, src, srcset, type, width
table summary, width, border, cellpadding, cellspacing, center, frame, rules
tr
align, valign, dir
td
abbr, axis, colspan, rowspan, width, align, valign, dir
th
abbr, axis, colspan, rowspan, width, align, valign, dir, scope
ul
type
video
name, src, allowfullscreen, muted, poster, width, height, controls, playsinline

 

Allowed protocols for some elements

ftp, http, https, mailto

  • a href

http, https

  • blockquote cite
  • img src
  • q cite
  • object data
  • embed src
  • iframe src
  • style any

skype

  • href

Allowed style properties

background, border, border-radius, clear, color, cursor, direction, display, flex, float, font, grid, height, left line-height, list-style, margin, max-height, max-width, min-height, min-width, overflow overflow-x, overflow-y, padding, position, right, text-align, table-layout text-decoration, text-indent, top, vertical-align, visibility, white-space, width z-index, zoom


Last update: 2021-07-07

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