Navigation & Semantics

HTML <main> Tag

The <main> tag specifies the main content of a document.

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Definition and Usage

The <main> tag specifies the main content of a document.

Standard Syntax:<main>...</main>

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HTML <main> Example

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<div style="font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; padding: 16px; background: #ffffff; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid #e2e8f0; color: #0f172a;">
<main>
  <h1>Most Popular Browsers</h1>
  <p>Chrome, Firefox, and 
    Edge are the most used browsers today.</p>

 
  <article>
    <h2>Google Chrome</h2>
    <p>Google Chrome is a web browser 
  developed by Google, released in 2008. Chrome is the world's most popular web 
  browser today!</p>
  </article>

  <article>
    <h2>Mozilla 
  Firefox</h2>
    <p>Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by 
  Mozilla. Firefox has been the second most popular web browser since January, 
  2018.</p>
  </article>

  <article>
    <h2>Microsoft Edge</h2>

     
  <p>Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft, released in 2015. 
  Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer.</p>
  </article>
</main>
</div>

Attributes for <main>

0 Supported Attributes

The <main> tag does not have tag-specific attributes. It supports all standard Global Attributes.

Global Attributes

The <main> tag also supports the standard global attributes in HTML, including class, id, style, title, hidden, and data-*.

HTML Global Attributes Reference →

Event Attributes

The <main> tag supports event attributes in HTML, such as onclick, onmouseover, onfocus, and more.

HTML Event Attributes Reference →

Browser Compatibility

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