HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <script>

This <script> element contains the scripts that will be executed in the page, and it can occur in either the <head> or the <body> section of the page.

Browser compatibility


`<script>`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

What's new in HTML5

The "type" attribute is required in HTML 4, but optional in HTML5.

The "async" attribute is new in HTML5.

Attribute

Attribute	Value	Description
async	async	Set that the script is executed asynchronously (only valid for external scripts)
charset	charset	Set the character encoding used in an external script file
defer	defer	Set that the script is executed when the page has finished parsing (only valid for external scripts)
src	URL	Set the URL of an external script file
type	media_type	Set the media type of the script
xml:space	preserve	Not supported in HTML5. Set whether whitespace in code should be preserved

Global Attributes

The <script> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <script> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

Default CSS Settings

script {
    display: none;
}

Example

A demo showing how to use <script> tag.

<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript" src="yourlinkedjavascriptfile.js"></script>
<script id="script1" language="javascript">

     //scriptcode declarations

</script>
</head>
<body>
     <script id="script2" language="javascript">
     
          //script code declarations
     
     </script>
</body>
</html>