HTML <header> Tag

The <header> tag defines a header of a page or a section. It usually contains a logo, search, navigational links, etc.

The <header> tag is one of the HTML5 elements. In an HTML document it is allowed to use several <header> tags, which can be placed in any part of it.

It is not permitted to place the <header> tag inside the <footer> and <address> elements, and in another <header> tag too.

Syntax

The <header> tag comes in pairs; the content is written between the opening (<header>) and closing (</header>) tags.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      li {
        display: inline-block; 
        margin-right: 10px;
        color: #778899;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <nav>
        <ul style="padding:0;">
          <li>Home</li>
          <li>About us</li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
      <h1>Welcome to our page</h1>
      <hr>
    </header>
    <article>
      <header>
        <h2>The section title</h2>
        <p>The text paragraph.</p>
      </header>
    </article>
  </body>
</html>
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Attributes

The <header> tag supports Global Attributes and the Event Attributes.

How to style <header> tag

Common properties to alter the visual weight/emphasis/size of text in <header> 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 <header> 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 <header> 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 <header> 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.

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