HTML &lt; title &gt; Tag

Example

A simple HTML document, with the minimum of required tags:
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>

<body>
The content of the document......
</body>

</html>

Definition and Usage

The <title> tag defines the title of the document.

The title element is required in all HTML/XHTML documents.

The title element:

defines a title in the browser toolbar
provides a title for the page when it is added to favorites
displays a title for the page in search-engine results

Browser Support

The <title> tag is supported in all major browsers.

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

NONE

Standard Attributes

DTD indicates in which HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0 DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

The <title> tag supports the following standard attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
dir	rtl ltr	Specifies the text direction for the content in an element	STF
lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element	STF
xml:lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element, in XHTML documents	STF