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---
title: Deprecated/Defunct Markup
slug: Mozilla/Tech/XUL/Deprecated_Defunct_Markup
translation_of: Archive/Mozilla/XUL/Deprecated_and_defunct_markup
---
<p>The following XUL tags and attribute should be considered deprecated, if not defunct.</p>
<p>The list below may include a few elements which are actually in use, but at a deeper level in the code. Even some of the information on the tags below may be out of date, but is provided here for historical reference and to help anyone who comes across them in old code or documentation.</p>
<h3 id="Elements" name="Elements">Elements</h3>
<ul>
<li><actions> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (listed <a class="external" href="http://www.ar-ent.net/dar/arlib32/out/html/man/xul/elemref/mxdref.html">here</a> (by mistake or was it a container tag?)</li>
<li><autorepeatbutton> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (action occurs repeatedly on mouse hover--used to construct other elements; used in <arrowscrollbox> and large drop-down menus)</li>
<li><bulletinboard> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (made to support left/top styles, but <stack> can now do as well)</li>
<li><gripper> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (inside of <scrollbar><thumb>; not to be used by itself)</li>
<li><listboxbody> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (internal use only; part of XBL for <listbox>)</li>
<li><menubutton> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (experiment in combining buttons and menus; use <button type> instead)</li>
<li><nativescrollbar> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (displayed a native scrollbar; had been for Mac only with native themes on)</li>
<li><outliner> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (former name for <tree>; <listbox> had been "<tree>")</li>
<li><package> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (no longer present but in older documentation)</li>
<li><scrollbarbutton> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (button at end of scrollbar; had been only within larger <scrollbar>)</li>
<li><sidebarheader> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span></li>
<li><slider> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (clickable tray in <scrollbar> which holds <thumb>; do not use alone)</li>
<li><spinner> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (spinbox; <spinbuttons> with a textbox whereby spinning affects value in textbox; not usable)</li>
<li><spring> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (use @flex instead)</li>
<li><strut> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (replaced by @debug?)</li>
<li><tabcontrol> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (contained tabbox and tabpanel)</li>
<li><text> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (like <label> or <description> but does not wrap; like <label crop="end">; had been used in menus/toolbars)</li>
<li><textfield> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (like <textbox>)</li>
<li><thumb> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (<button> with deprecated <gripper>; implements sliding box in center of scrolbar)</li>
<li><title> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (to add a caption on a <titledbox></li>
<li><titledbox> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (box with a frame)</li>
<li><titledbutton> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (attempt to combine text and images before <button>)</li>
<li><toolbarpaletteitem> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span></li>
<li><treebody> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (old/experimental and unsupported XUL tags)</li>
<li><treecaption> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (old/experimental and unsupported XUL tags)</li>
<li><treecolgroup> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (former name for <treecols></li>
<li><treecolpicker> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (internal use only; part of XBL for <tree>)</li>
<li><treefoot> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (old/experimental and unsupported XUL tags)</li>
<li><treeindentation> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (old/experimental and unsupported XUL tags)</li>
<li><treeicon> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (old/experimental and unsupported XUL tags)</li>
<li><treerows> <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> (internal use only; part of XBL for <tree>)</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="Attributes" name="Attributes">Attributes</h3>
<ul>
<li>@debug="true" <span title="This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work."><i class="icon-thumbs-down-alt"> </i></span> provided struts and springs around boxes to facilitate identification of flex issues but does not seem to work now</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="References" name="References">References</h3>
<ul>
<li><a class="external" href="http://www.ar-ent.net/dar/arlib32/out/html/man/xul/elemref/mxdref.html">XUL Element Reference</a> by Neal Deakin</li>
<li>Rapid Application Development With Mozilla, by Nigel McFarlane</li>
</ul>
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