HTML <article> Tag
Example
Three articles with independent, self-contained content:
<article>
<h2>Google Chrome</h2>
<p>Google Chrome is a web browser
developed by Google, released in 2008. Chrome is the world's most popular web
browser today!</p>
</article>
<article>
<h2>Mozilla
Firefox</h2>
<p>Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by
Mozilla. Firefox has been the second most popular web browser since January,
2018.</p>
</article>
<article>
<h2>Microsoft Edge</h2>
<p>Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft, released in 2015.
Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer.</p>
</article>
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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
Definition and Usage
The <article> tag specifies independent, self-contained content.
An article should make sense on its own and it should be possible to distribute it independently from the rest of the site.
Potential sources for the <article> element:
- Forum post
- Blog post
- News story
Note: The <article> element does not render as anything special in a browser. However, you can use CSS to style the <article> element (see example below).
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.
| Element | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <article> | 6.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 11.1 |
Global Attributes
The <article> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <article> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
More Examples
Example
Use CSS to style the <article> element:
<html>
<head>
<style>
.all-browsers {
margin: 0;
padding: 5px;
background-color: lightgray;
}
.all-browsers > h1, .browser {
margin: 10px;
padding: 5px;
}
.browser {
background: white;
}
.browser > h2, p {
margin: 4px;
font-size: 90%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<article class="all-browsers">
<h1>Most Popular Browsers</h1>
<article class="browser">
<h2>Google Chrome</h2>
<p>Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google, released in 2008. Chrome is the world's most popular web browser today!</p>
</article>
<article class="browser">
<h2>Mozilla Firefox</h2>
<p>Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by Mozilla. Firefox has been the second most popular web browser since January, 2018.</p>
</article>
<article class="browser">
<h2>Microsoft Edge</h2>
<p>Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft, released in 2015. Microsoft Edge replaced Internet Explorer.</p>
</article>
</article>
</body>
</html>
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Related Pages
HTML DOM reference: Article Object
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <article> element with the following default values:
article {
display: block;
}
