HTML 4 html Tag
Also see HTML5 <html> Tag.
This page is for the HTML 4 version of this element. For a more up to date version, see HTML5 <html> Tag.
The HTML html tag is the container that contains all other HTML elements (except for the !DOCTYPE tag which is located before the opening html tag). All other HTML elements are nested between the opening <html> and </html> tags.
Example
Attributes
| Attributes specific to this tag: | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Description |
| version | Specifies the HTML DTD version of the document. The version attribute is deprecated - use the !doctype tag instead. |
| content | Specifies the property's value. |
| scheme | Specifies a scheme to use to interpret the property's value (as declared in the content attribute). |
| http-equiv | Used for http response message headers. For example http-equiv can be used to refresh the page or to set a cookie. Values include content-type, expires, refresh and set-cookie. |
| Other Attributes: | |
| Attribute | Description |
| lang | Language code |
| dir | Specifies the direction of the text |
HTML5 Tags
The information on this page is based on HTML version 4.01. Most modern browsers now support HTML5.
See HTML5 <html> Tag for the HTML5 version of the above element.
See this list of HTML tags for the latest list of HTML elements.