Name

aside — HTML5

Synopsis

<aside> . . . </aside>

Represents content that is tangentially related to the surrounding content (a section, article, or other content flow), such as pull quotes, lists of links, advertising, and other content typically presented as a sidebar.

Notes

HTML5 only.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

HTML5 Global Attributes

Example

<article>
  <h1>Important Experiment Findings</h1>
  <p>First paragraph . . .</p>
  <p>Second paragraph . . .</p>
  <aside>
    <h1>For Further Reading</h1>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="">Interesting Article</a></li>
      <li><a href="">Another Interesting Article</a></li>
    </ul>
  </aside>
</article>

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