HTML <title> Tag
Example
A simple HTML document, with the minimum of required tags:
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document......
</body>
</html>
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Definition and Usage
The <title> tag defines the title of the document.
The title element is required in all HTML/XHTML documents.
The title element:
- defines a title in the browser toolbar
- provides a title for the page when it is added to favorites
- displays a title for the page in search-engine results
Browser Support
The <title> tag is supported in all major browsers.
Differences Between HTML and XHTML
NONE
Standard Attributes
The <title> tag supports the following standard attributes:
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
DTD |
| dir |
rtl
ltr |
Specifies the text direction
for the content in an element |
STF |
| lang |
language_code |
Specifies a language code for the content in an element |
STF |
| xml:lang |
language_code |
Specifies a language code for the content in an element, in
XHTML documents |
STF |
More information about Standard Attributes.
Event Attributes
The <title> tag does not support any event attributes.
More information about Event Attributes.
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