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Summary

The html element (<html>) represents the root of an HTML document.

Overview Table

DOM Interface	HTMLHtmlElement

The html element is used to contain a complete HTML document.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>An Example Web Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
    <p>
      This is an example web page marked up using HTML.
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

Notes

Remarks

With Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and later, when you use the !DOCTYPE declaration to specify standards-compliant mode, this element represents the canvas—the entire surface onto which a document's contents can be rendered. When you switch on standards-compliant mode, this element also becomes the positioning container for positioned elements that don't have a positioned parent. When the !DOCTYPE declaration does not specify standards-compliant mode, and with earlier versions of Windows Internet Explorer, the body object represents the entire surface onto which a document's contents can be rendered. In Internet Explorer 6, When you use the !DOCTYPE declaration to specify standards-compliant mode, this element represents the canvas, the entire surface onto which a document's contents can be rendered.

Members

The html object has these types of members:

[#events Events]
[#methods Methods]
[#properties Properties]

Events

The html object has these events. {

Related specifications

Specification	Status	Related Changes
HTML 4.01 Specification	W3C Recommendation
HTML5	W3C Working Draft	Adds a manifest attribute

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