HTML is a language full of diverse elements, and one such element is the <html> tag. This tag, standing for ‘HyperText Markup Language’, is used to define the root of an HTML or XHTML document.
- It serves as the main container for all other HTML elements, excluding the
<!DOCTYPE>declaration - It follows the
<!DOCTYPE>declaration and requires both opening and closing tags.
Syntax:
<html> HTML Contents... </html>HTML Document Structure
Default CSS Settings
The following default values are mostly displayed by the current browsers:
html {
display: block;
visibility: visible
}Attribute Value:
The <html> tag includes the xmlns attribute. This attribute defines the namespace for attributes, ensuring proper interpretation and compatibility of XHTML elements.
Note: The <html> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
HTML Tag Examples
Example 1: This example illustrates the <html> tag element in HTML.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- html tag starts here -->
<html>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>
html Tag
</h2>
</body>
</html>
<!-- html tag ends here -->
Example 2: In this example, we will be using the xmlns attribute inside the <html> tag.
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml/">
<head>
<title>html Tag</title>
<style>
h1 {
color: green;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>
html Tag
</h2>
</body>
</html>
Browsers Support
| Attribute |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |