meta element | meta object (Windows)

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Conveys hidden information about the document to the server and the client.

HTML information

Closing Tag	forbidden
CSS Display

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

Members

The meta object has these types of members:

Events
Methods
Properties

Events

The meta object has these events.

Event	Description
abort	Fires when the user aborts the download.
change	Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed.
error	Fires when an error occurs during object loading.
input	Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface.
load	Fires immediately after the client loads the object.
onselect	Fires when the current selection changes.
reset	Fires when the user resets a form.

Methods

The meta object has these methods.

Method	Description
dragDrop	Initiates a drag event.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNodeNS	Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name.
getAttributeNS	Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute.
getElementsByTagNameNS	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace.
hasAttributeNS	Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
removeAttribute	Removes an attribute from an object.
removeAttributeNS	Removes the specified attribute from the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNodeNS	Sets an attribute object as part of the object.
setAttributeNS	Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.

Properties

The meta object has these properties.

Property	Description
charset	Sets or retrieves the character set used to encode the object.
clientHeight	Retrieves the height of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.
clientLeft	Retrieves the distance between the offsetLeft property and the true left side of the client area.
clientTop	Retrieves the distance between the offsetTop property and the true top of the client area.
clientWidth	Retrieves the width of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.
constructor	Returns a reference to the constructor of an object.
content	Gets or sets meta-information to associate with httpEquiv or name.
httpEquiv	Gets or sets information used to bind the value of a content attribute of a meta element to an HTTP response header.
name	Sets or retrieves the value specified in the content attribute of the meta object.
scrollHeight	Retrieves the scrolling height of the object.
scrollLeft	Sets or retrieves the distance between the left edge of the object and the leftmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.
scrollTop	Sets or retrieves the distance between the top of the object and the topmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.
scrollWidth	Retrieves the scrolling width of the object.
url	Sets or retrieves the URL property that will be loaded after the specified time has elapsed.

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 7.4.4

Remarks

The meta element also embeds document information that some search engines use to index and categorize documents on the World Wide Web.

This element can be used only within the head element.

Examples

This example forces a Windows Store app using JavaScript support for the document.


<!doctype html>
<head>
  <title>A Meta Example</title> 
  <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=10">
</head>
<body>
  <p>When viewed by Internet Explorer from the Internet zone, 
     this webpage is displayed in the highest version of 
     standards mode supported by the browser.</p>
</body>
</html>

For more information about standards mode, see Defining document compatibility.

meta element | meta object