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HTML Element: <html>

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The HTML <html> element is the root node of an HTML document. Only <!DOCTYPE> elements should appear outside it. It tells the browser that the document is an HTML document.

 

The attributes it can take (other than HTML global attributes and HTML event attributes) include:

 

Attribute

Description

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manifest

Specifies address of document’s cache manifest (for offline browsing)

Here

xmlns

Indicates the XML namespace attribute (if the content needs to conform to XHTML); is not an HTML attribute as such and is added by default if needed

Here

 

To create or access such an element in JavaScript see here. The corresponding HTML DOM object supports standard DOM properties and methods. The default style applicable to this element is shown here.

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
A html element is included in this page
</body>
</html>


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