HTML5 - Section Tag

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HTML5 Section Tag

The HTML <section> tag is used to represent a section within an article. any given web page or article could have many sections.

For example, a homepage could have a section for introducing the company, another section for news items, and another section for contact information.

The <section> tag was introduced in HTML 5.

Example

The following example demonstrates usage of the <section> tag.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <title>HTML Section Tag</title>
   </head>

   <body>
      <section>
        <h1>Tutorial</h1>
         <h2>Html5</h2>
         <p>HTML 5 is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web.</p>
      </section>
   </body>
</html>

Result

HTML Section Tag

Tutorial

Html5

HTML 5 is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web.

Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave.

Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example,

Example

style="color:black;".

There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.

Types of Attributes

  • Global Attributes

  • Element-Specific Attributes

  • Event Attributes

  • Event Handler Content Attributes

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