HTML <footer> Tag

Description

The <footer> HTML element defines the 'footer" of the site or section of the web page, it can contain the author's name, document date, contact and legal information.
The <footer> cannot be embedded inside another <footer>, or inside the <address> and <header> elements.
There should be no <main> element inside the <footer>.

Properties

Permitted Parents: Any element that accepts flow content. Note that a <footer> element must not be a descendant of an <address>, <header> or another <footer> element
Content: Block, Inline and text, but no <footer> or <header>
Start/End Tags: Start tag: required, End tag: required

Example

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

  <head>

    <title>Untitled 1</title>

  </head>

  <body>

    <header>

      <h1>Header of Page</h1>

    </header>

    <article>

      <p>Description and information of page goes here.</p>

    </article>

    <footer>

      Footer of Page - Copyright

    </footer>

  </body>

</html>

Result

Attributes

None

Global Attributes

The <footer> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5

Event Attributes

The <footer> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5

Browser Support

Desktop

9	12	5	4	11.1	5

Tablets / Mobile

Yes	Yes	4	11.1	4.2	Yes

Last updated by CSSPortal on: 6th December 2019

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