html element
If you don't know what an element is or how you must use it, I recommend you read the "HTML tags and attributes" tutorial that you can find in the HTML tutorials section.
Table of contents
Description
The html
element constitutes the root of all well formed HTML documents and is supposed to wrap all other elements between its tags.
Examples
Below is an example of a simple document. As expected, the html
element is wrapping all other elements. The !DOCTYPE
declaration, not being an element, stays outside.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Jhon Weilers' place</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Welcome!</h1>
<p>Welcome to Jhon Weilers' place...</p>
</body>
</html>
Attributes
Specific attributes
manifest
The location of a cache manifest document, specifying which resources the user agent should keep in the cache for offline access. The benefits of this attribute are particularly appreciated when developing web applications, as it improves speed and allows offline executions.
The manifest
attribute is in the process of being removed from the standard. Its use at this time is highly discouraged.
Example
<html manifest="http://www.mywebsite.com/myapp/manifest.mf">
version
The version of the standard used to compose the document.
This attribute has become obsolete in HTML5 and, therefore, its use is no longer valid. The version of the standard the document is complying with should be specified with the !DOCTYPE
declaration.
Example
<html version="3.2">
Global attributes
For information about global attributes refer to this list of global attributes in HTML5.
Events
Global events
For information about global events refer to this list of global events in HTML5.