Example
A set of navigation links:
<nav>
<a href="/html/">HTML</a> |
<a href="/css/">CSS</a> |
<a href="/js/">JavaScript</a> |
<a href="/python/">Python</a>
</nav>
Definition and Usage
The <nav> tag defines a set of navigation links.
Notice that NOT all links of a document should be inside a <nav> element. The <nav> element is intended only for major blocks of navigation links.
Browsers, such as screen readers for disabled users, can use this element to determine whether to omit the initial rendering of this content.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <nav> | 5.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 11.1 |
Global Attributes
The <nav> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <nav> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: Nav Object
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <nav> element with the following default values:
nav {
display: block;
}
