HTML <head> Tag
Description
The <head>
HTML element is designed to store other elements whose purpose is to help the browser work with data. Also inside the <head>
container there are meta tags that are used to store information intended for browsers and search engines. For example, search engine mechanisms use meta tags to get site descriptions, keywords, and other data.
The contents of the <head>
are not displayed directly on the web page, with the exception of the <title>
element, it sets the title of the web page window.
Properties
- Permitted Parents
- An <html> element, as its first child.
- Content
- <title> (required), <link>, <meta>, <style>, <script>, <base>, <object>
- Start/End Tags
- Start tag: optional, End tag: optional
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document goes here
</body>
</html>
Attributes
None
Global Attributes
The <head>
tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5
Event Attributes
The <head>
tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5
Browser Support
The following table will show you the current browser support for the HTML <head>
tag.
Desktop | |||||
12 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 |
Tablets / Mobile | |||||
18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4.4 |
Last updated by CSSPortal on: 30th September 2023