HTML <article> tag represents an article in a web page. It can be in form of…
- Blog or Forum posts
- News or Magazine articles
- Tutorial articles etc
Note: HTML <article> tag newly introduced in HTML5.
Sample Code
<h2>What is HTML?</h2>
<p>HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the markup language for
creating web pages or websites that we can see in web browsers.</p>
</article>
Sample Result
What is HTML?
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. HTML is the markup language for creating web pages
or websites that we can see in web browsers.
Standard Attributes Support
HTML <article> tag supports mostly all HTML Attributes. Following are some most common attributes that are used by <article> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Attributes here.
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
class | user_defined | Represents a style for an element which is used in CSS style sheet |
id | user_defined | Represents unique id for an element |
lang | lang_code | Represents the language of the element for it’s content |
style | css_properties | Represents an inline style for an element for e.g style=”color:red;text-decoration:underline;” |
title | user_defined | Represents a tooltip information for an elements like img, a, abbr etc |
Event Attributes Support
The “script” is invoked when a certain “event” occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. HTML <article> tag supports mostly all HTML Event Attributes. Following are some most common event attributes that are used by <article> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Event Attributes here.
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
onclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse click on the specified element |
ondblclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse double-click on the specified element |
onkeydown | script | Event Fires immediately when user is pressing a down key from keyboard |
onkeypress | script | Event Fires immediately when user presses a key from keyboard |
onkeyup | script | Event Fires immediately when user releases a key from keyboard |
onmousedown | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets down from an element |
onmousemove | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
onmouseout | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets out from an element |
onmouseover | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
onmouseup | script | Event Fires immediately when a mouse pointer is released over an element |