The html element is the root of an HTML document. This element is required to create a valid page.
Example
Syntax
1 | <!DOCTYPE html> |
2 | <htmllang="en"> |
3 | <head> |
4 | <title>My Favorite Foods</title> |
5 | </head> |
6 | <body> |
7 | <h1>My Favorite Foods</h1> |
8 | <p>Eu non fugiat sunt cupidatat consequat. Dolore nostrud id tempor aute pariatur sit veniam pariatur velit voluptate voluptate excepteur reprehenderit.</p> |
9 | </body> |
10 | </html> |
Browser Support
The html element is supported in all modern browsers. Read more on caniuse.com.
Attributes
An html element supports Global Attributes in HTML. Global Attributes are common to all HTML elements and can be used on all of them (though they may not have much of an effect on some of them).
manifest: Specifies the URI of a resource manifest indicating resources that should be cached locally.version: Specifies the version of the HTML Document Type Definition that governs the current document. This attribute is not necessary.xmlns: Specifies the XMLNamespace of the document. The default value is"https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml".
Don’t Forget the lang Attribute
The HTML lang attribute should always be included on a web page’s <html> element. It’s used to specify the language of text content within the document. This helps search engines deliver search results in the correct language, and helps screen readers switch language profiles for correct accents and pronunciation.
In the syntax example above you’ll see <html lang="en"> which uses the two-letter ISO code for English as the language.
Failing to include the lang attribute on the opening html tag will trigger a warning when validating the document.
Content
The html content model is limited and only contains support for the head and body elements.
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