: The HEADER Element
Last updated: 2026-09-12
<header>The HEADER Element
Represents introductory content or a navigation area, commonly used at the top of a page or section (site title, logo, main nav).
| Category | Semantic |
|---|---|
| Content Model | Flow content |
| Allowed Parents | Any element that accepts flow content |
| Content Tag | Yes — requires closing </header> tag |
| Status | Standard |
📝 Syntax
<header>header content</header>▶ Example
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🌐 Browser Support
| Browser |  Chrome |
 Edge |
 Firefox |
 Safari |
 Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <header> | ✓ v1 | ✓ v12 | ✓ v1 | ✓ v1 | ✓ v1 |
| Supported in all major browsers | |||||
Tip： header describes role/position, not to be confused with head; a page may have multiple headers (e.g. one per article).
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