head (HTML element)
| Depr. | Empty | Version |
|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | HTML 2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
The
head element is the wrapper for all the head elements
that, collectively, instruct the browser where to find style sheets, or
define relationships that the document has to others in the web site
(link); provide essential meta
information (meta); and point to or include scripts
that the document will need to apply later on (script).
The
head element also includes the title element, which is the only head
element that is absolutely required.
Example
This example shows the
head, which contains the required
title element:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Page title goes here</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- content goes here -->
</body>
</html>
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Every browser listed supports this element type.
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