HTML address tag and element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:39 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

1. HTML address element represents contact information in an HTML document.

2. It may contain hyperlinks to the URL, where some contact information relevant to the page is located.

3. Browsers display the contact information within address element in italics.

Syntax

<address>contact information</address>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Both start and end tags are required.

Can contain

HTML address element can contain inline elements.

Can reside within

HTML address element can reside within APPLET, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CENTER, DD, DEL, DIV, FIELDSET, FORM, IFRAME, INS, LI, MAP, NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT, OBJECT, TD, TH.

DOCTYPE support

HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional, HTML 4.01 Frameset.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

None.

Identifiers

id and class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

title.

Style

style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Example of using HTML address element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html headings example</title>
</head>
<body>
<address>Friends Park. St. Xaviers Road. Kanainatshal, Sripally.</address> 
</body>
</html>

Result

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HTML address example.

Pictorial presentation

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