html nav tag

The HTML <nav> tag is used for declaring a navigational section of the HTML document.

Websites typically have sections dedicated to navigational links - links that enable the user to navigate the site. These links should be placed inside a <nav> tag.

Websites often have footer links such as terms of service, the home page, and a copyright page. It is sufficient to enclose these types of links inside <footer> tags - no need to use <nav> tags.

The <nav> tag was introduced in HTML 5.

Example

The following examples demonstrate usage of the <nav> tag.

<nav>
<a href="/css/" target="_blank">CSS</a> | 
<a href="/html/" target="_blank">HTML</a> | 
<a href="/javascript/" target="_blank">JavaScript</a> | 
<a href="/sql/tutorial/" target="_blank">SQL</a>
</nav>

Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".

There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.