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Summary

The HTML Navigation Element (<nav>) represents a section of a page that links to other pages or to parts within the page: a section with navigation links

Overview Table

DOM Interface	HTMLElement

HTML information

Closing Tag	required
CSS Display	block

Examples

The following example uses the nav element to indicate that a list contains site navigation links.

HTML

<nav>
 <h1>Site Navigation</h1>
 <ul>
  <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
  <li><a href="gallery.html">Photo</a></li>
  <li><a href="news.html">Updates</a></li>
 </ul>
</nav>

Usage

Not all groups of links on a document need to be in a nav element, only sections that consist of major navigation blocks. In particular, it is common for footer elements to have a short list of links to various documents of a site, such as the terms of service, home, and copyright. The footer element alone is sufficient for such cases, and does not require a nav element.

Note Some devices and applications (such as screen readers) might use the nav element as a way to determine what content on the document to initially skip or provide on request.

Related specifications

Specification	Status	Related Changes
HTML5	W3C Working Draft

Compatibility

Desktop

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic Support	5	4	9	11.10	4.1

Mobile

Feature	Android	BlackBerry	Chrome for mobile	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Opera Mini	Safari Mobile
Basic Support	2.2	Unsupported	?	4	9	?	11	5

Compatibility notes

Browser	Version	Note
Internet Explorer	9	The nav element is only supported for webpages displayed in IE9 Standards mode.

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