Name
script
Synopsis
<script>...</script>
Places a script in the document (usually JavaScript for web
documents). It may appear any number of times in the head
or body
of the document. The script may be
provided in the script
element or
in an external file (by providing the src
attribute).
Attributes
-
charset="
character set
"
Indicates the character encoding of an external script document (it is not relevant to the content of the
script
element)defer="
defer"
Indicates to the user agent that the script will not generate document content, so the user agent may continue rendering.
id="
text"
XHTML only. Assigns a unique identifying name to the object.
-
language="
text
"
Deprecated. Provides the name of the scripting language, but since it is not standardized, it has been deprecated in favor of the
type
attribute.-
src="
url
"
Provides the location of an external script.
-
type="
content-type
"
Required. Specifies the scripting language used for the current script. This setting overrides any default script setting for the document. The value is a content type, most often
text/javascript
.
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