HTML script Tag

The information on this page is based on HTML version 4.01 (which is the current version of HTML). The next version, HTML 5, is currently being written. Here's a list of HTML 5 tags.

The HTML script tag is used for declaring a script (such as JavaScript) within your HTML document.

Also see the HTML noscript tag for providing content to browsers that don't support your scripting language.

Example


<script type="text/javascript">
  document.write('The HTML Script tag allows you to place a
                    script within your HTML documents');
</script>

Attributes:

Attributes specific to this tag:
Attribute	Description
name	Defines the name of the parameter.
src	Specifies a URI/URL of an external script.
type	Specifies the scripting language as a content-type (MIME type).
language	Specifies the scripting language, however, this attribute has been deprecated. Use the `type` attribute instead.
defer	Declares that the script will not generate any content. Therefore, the browser/user agent can continue parsing and rendering the rest of the page.
Other Attributes:
Attribute	Description
charset	Defines the character encoding that the script uses.

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