HTML - <nav>
The HTML <nav>
element (HTML Navigation Element) represents a section of a page that links to other pages or to parts within the page: a section with navigation links.
Example
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<nav> <ul> <li><a href="#">Home</a></li> <li><a href="#">About</a></li> <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav>
Description
The HTML <nav>
element (HTML Navigation Element) represents a section of a page that links to other pages or to parts within the page: a section with navigation links.
Usage notes:
- Not all links of a document must be in a
<nav>
element, which is intended only for major block of navigation links; typically the<footer>
element often has a list of links that don't need to be in a<nav>
element. - A document may have several
<nav>
elements, for example, one for site navigation and one for intra-page navigation. - User agents, such as screen readers targeting disabled users, can use this element to determine whether to omit the initial rendering of this content.
Content categories | Flow content, sectioning content, palpable content. |
---|---|
Permitted content | Flow content. |
Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
Permitted parent elements | Any element that accepts flow content. |
DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Browser Compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 5 | 4.0 (2.0) | 9.0 | 11.10 | 4.1 |
Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 2.2 | 4.0 (2.0) | 9.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 (iOS 4.2) |
See Also
- Other section-related elements:
<body>
,<article>
,<section>
,<aside>
,<h1>
,<h2>
,<h3>
,<h4>
,<h5>
,<h6>
,<hgroup>
,<header>
,<footer>
,<address>
; - Sections and outlines of an HTML5 document.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<nav>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change since latest W3C snapshot. |
HTML5 The definition of '<nav>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/html/element/nav