HTML <head> Tag
The <head> tag in HTML is used to define the head portion of the document which contains information related to the document.
The <head> tag contains other head elements such as <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style> <link> etc.
In HTML 4.01 the <head> element was mandatory but in HTML5, the <head> element can be omitted.
Tag Specific Attributes:
The below-mentioned layout-attributes of the <hr> tag have been removed from HTML5.
Attribute:
- profile: It is used to specify the URL to a document that contains one or more metadata profiles for browsers to clearly understand the information.
Syntax :
<head> <title>Title of the document</title> </head>
Below program illustrates the <head> element:
Program 1:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <title>HTML Head Tag </title></head><body> <p>GeeksforGeeks is a portal for geeks.</p> <hr></body></html> |
Output:
Program 2(Using style tag inside head tag)
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <style> body { background: skyblue; } h1 { color: red; } p { color: blue; } </style></head><body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <p>It is a portal for geeks.</p></body></html> |
Output:
Program 3(Using link tag inside head tag):
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css"></head><body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <p>It is a portal for geeks.</p></body></html> |
Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera
- Safari
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