Defines an HTML document.
Browser/User Agent Support
| IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari | 2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|---|
Example
This example shows a basic, generic HTML document:
<html>
<head>
<title>Add Title Here</title>
</head>
<body> Add content here. </body>
</html>
Remarks
The <html></html> element must contain a <head></head> (with a nested <title></title> element and either a <body></body> element or a <frameset></frameset> element.
Attribute Detail
| Attribute | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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CSS class assigned to the element.
|
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Direction of the element text.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Unique identifier for the element.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Language code for the content of the element.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
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Specifies whether or not the element has scroll bars.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Namespace for XML-based tags.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
Event Detail
| Event | IE | Netscape | Mozilla | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fires when the element becomes active.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
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Fires immediately before the element becomes active.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
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Fires immediately before the selection is copied to the clipboard.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires immediately before the selection is cut to the clipboard.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
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Fires immediately before the element stops being the active element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately before the element receives focus prior to being edited.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately before the selection is pasted from the clipboard to the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element loses focus.
|
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element is clicked.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element is right-clicked and the context menu opens.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
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Fires immediately before the element is selected.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the element is copied to the clipboard.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element is cut to the clipboard.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element is double-clicked.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the active element becomes inactive.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the element is dragged.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element is released from being dragged.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element has another object dragged onto it that can be dropped on the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
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Fires when an element has an object dragged out of it that could be dropped onto the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
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Fires when an element has an object dragged over it that could be dropped onto the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
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Fires immediately before an element is dragged.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
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Fires when an object is dropped onto the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element receives focus.
|
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires immediately before an element receives focus.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately after focus moves from the element to another element.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when a user presses the F1 key to activate help.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when a user presses down on a key while the element has focus.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when a user presses a key or holds down the key while the element has focus.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when a user releases a key while the element has focus.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element loses mouse capture.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when a user clicks down on the mouse button while the element has focus.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the mouse pointer enters the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the mouse pointer leaves the element.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the mouse moves while the pointer over the element.
|
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the mouse pointer moves off of the element.
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2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the mouse pointer moves over the element.
|
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the user releases the mouse button while the element has focus.
|
2.0+ | 1.0+ | 1.0+ | 4.0+ | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the user rotates the mouse wheel while the element has focus.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the element moves.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the element stops moving.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately before the element moves.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the clipboard contents are pasted onto the element.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when one of the properties of the element changes.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires when the ready state of the element changes.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately before an element is about to be resized.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when the element is finished being resized.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately before a user resizes the element.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
|
Fires immediately before the element is selected.
|
4.0+ | no | no | no | 1.0+ |
|
Fires when a time-related error occurs.
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4.0+ | no | no | no | no |
