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HTMLHeadElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The HTMLHeadElement interface contains the descriptive information, or metadata, for a document. This object inherits all of the properties and methods described in the HTMLElement interface.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLHeadElement

Instance properties

No specific properties; inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

Instance methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification
HTML>
# htmlheadelement>

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
HTMLHeadElement 1 12 1 ≤12.1 1 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 4.4 1

See also

  • The HTML element implementing this interface: <head>

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLHeadElement