content attribute | content property (Internet Explorer)

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content attribute | content property

Gets or sets meta-information to associate with httpEquiv or name.

Syntax

HTML	`<element content="p" ... >`
JScript	`p = object.content`

Property values

Type: String

description: Meta-information.
refresh: Integer consisting of the number of seconds to elapse before the document is refreshed. This value requires the httpEquiv to be set with the refresh value.
url: Location that is loaded when the document is refreshed. This value requires the httpEquiv to be set with the refresh value.
mimetype: MIME type used for the charset value.
charset: Character set of the document. This value requires the mimetype value to be set with a valid MIME type, and the httpEquiv to be set with the refresh value.
noopen: Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and later. Hides the Open or Run button on the File Download dialog box. This value requires the name attribute to be set with the DownloadOptions value.
nosave: Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and later. Hides the Save button on the File Download dialog box. This value requires the name attribute to be set with the DownloadOptions value.
x-ua-compatible: Internet Explorer 8 and later. A comma–delimited list of document compatibility modes supported by the web page. Note that Internet Explorer attempts to display the document in order of the values presented. This value requires the httpEquiv to be set with the x-ua-compatible value.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 7.4.4

Remarks

Developers using the httpEquiv and content attributes to refresh documents from alternate URLs should treat the value of content as untrusted data. For more information, please see Security Considerations: Dynamic HTML.

As of Internet Explorer 8, the httpEquiv attribute also supports a value of x-ua-compatible, which allows developers to specify the document compatibility mode that Internet Explorer should use to display a webpage. To do this, set the content attribute to a String value containing a comma-delimited list of one or more of the following values.

Value	Description
`IE=9`	The webpage is displayed in IE9 Standards mode.
`IE=8`	The webpage is displayed in IE8 Standards mode.
`IE=7`	The webpage is displayed in IE7 Standards mode.
`IE=5`	The webpage is displayed in IE5 (Quirks) mode.
`IE=EmulateIE9`	If the webpage specifies a standards-based doctype directive, the page is displayed in IE9 mode; otherwise, it is displayed in IE5 mode.
`IE=EmulateIE8`	If the webpage specifies a standards-based doctype directive, the page is displayed in IE8 mode; otherwise, it is displayed in IE5 mode.
`IE=EmulateIE7`	If the webpage specifies a standards-based doctype directive, the page is displayed in IE7 mode; otherwise, it is displayed in IE5 mode.
`IE=Edge`	The webpage is displayed in the highest mode available to the version of Internet Explorer used to view the page. This option is generally intended for testing purposes.

When the content attribute specifies multiple document modes, Internet Explorer displays the page in the highest mode supported by the browser. For more information, see Defining Document Compatibility.

Examples

This example causes the browser to reload the document every two seconds.


<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2">

This example sets the character set for the document.


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"

      content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

This example disables theme support for the document.


<meta http-equiv="msthemecompatible" content="no">

This example tells Internet Explorer to display a document in IE9 mode, if possible.


<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=9">