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HTML 5 <head> Tag

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The HTML <head> tag is used for indicating the head section of the HTML document.

The head can contain other HTML tags that provide information about the document such as title, description, keywords etc. You will often see the <title> tag, <meta> tag, the <script> tag, and the <style> tag in the head of a typical HTML document.

Most of this information is not displayed in the browser (although the title usually appears in the browser's title bar) but can be useful for the functionality of the page. The head tag is placed between the opening and closing <html> </html> tags.

Example

Modify the code below, then click "Update". See below for attributes.

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Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".

There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.

Element-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.

AttributeDescription
None 

Global Attributes

The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.

class id style
contenteditable irrelevant tabindex
contextmenu lang template
dir ref title
draggable registrationmark  

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.

Event Handler Content Attributes

Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.

Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.

onabort ondragover onmousemove
onbeforeunload ondragstart onmouseout
onblur ondrop onmouseover
onchange onerror onmouseup
onclick onfocus onmousewheel
oncontextmenu onkeydown onresize
ondblclick onkeypress onscroll
ondrag onkeyup onselect
ondragend onload onstorage
ondragenter onmessage onsubmit
ondragleave onmousedown onunload

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.

Also see the HTML 4.01 tags


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