HTML <h1>-<h6> Tags
The <h1> to <h6> elements are used to define six levels of HTML Headings, with <h1> being the highest (or most important) level and <h6> the least important one.
Each web page must have only one <h1> heading. As search engines use it to index the structure and content of web documents, be sure to include keywords in it.
Syntax
The <h1>-<h6> tags come in pairs, so the closing tag is required.
As the <h1> to <h6> tags are block-level elements, they always start on a new line and take up the full width available.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>First-level heading</h1>
<h2>Second-level heading</h2>
<h3>Third-level heading</h3>
<h4>Fourth-level heading</h4>
<h5>Fifth-level heading</h5>
<h6>Sixth-level heading</h6>
</body>
</html>
Result
The <h1>-<h6> elements must not be used to markup subheadings, subtitles, alternative titles, and taglines unless intended to be the heading for a new section or subsection.
As the align attribute is not supported in HTML5, use the CSS font-size and font-weight properties instead.
Attributes
Attribute | Value | Description |
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align | left right center justify |
Defines the vertical alignment of the tag content.
Not supported in HTML 5. |
The <h1> to <h6> tags support the Global Attributes and the Event Attributes.
How to style <h1>-<h6> tag
Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <h1>-<h6> tag:?
- CSS font-style property sets the style of the font. normal | italic | oblique | initial | inherit
- CSS font-family property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names and/or generic family names for the selected element.
- CSS font-size property sets the size of the font.
- CSS font-weight property defines whether the font should be bold or thick. CSS text-transform Property controls text case and capitalization.
- CSS text-decoration property specifies the decoration added to text, and is a shorthand property for text-decoration-line, text-decoration-color, text-decoration-style
Coloring text in <h1>-<h6> tag:
- CSS color property describes the color of the text content and text decorations
- CSS background-color property sets the background color of an element.
Text layout styles for <h1>-<h6> tag:
- CSS text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- CSS white-space property specifies how white-space inside an element is handled.
- CSS word-break property specifies where the lines should be broken.
Other properties worth looking at for <h1>-<h6> tag
- CSS text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
- CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text.
- CSS line-height property specifies the height of a line.
- CSS letter-spacing property defines the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- CSS word-spacing property: Allow setting the spacing between words.
Browser support
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