Name

section — HTML5

Synopsis

<section> . . . </section>

Represents a section (a thematic grouping of content) of a document or application with its own internal outline and (optionally) a header and footer. The section element is not a generic container; it should be used only if the element’s contents should appear in the document’s outline.

Notes

HTML5 only.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

HTML5 Global Attributes

cite="text"

Provides a link to information about the source or author of the section.

Example

<body>
<article>
<h1>Common Birds</h1>
<section>
  <h1>Chapter 1: Hummingbirds</h1>
  <p>A little something on hummingbirds.</p>
</section>
<section>
  <h1>Chapter 2: Turkeys</h1>
  <p>This is about turkeys</p>
</section>
 </article>
</body>

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