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>
Result
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.
Browser support
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