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<p>The <strong>HTML <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> element</strong> represents a group of introductory or navigational aids. It may contain some heading elements but also other elements like a logo, wrapped section's header, a search form, and so on.</p>

<div class="note">
<p><strong>Usage note:</strong> The <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> element is not sectioning content and therefore doesn't introduce a new section in the <a href="/en-US/docs/Sections_and_Outlines_of_an_HTML5_document" title="Sections and Outlines of an HTML5 document">outline</a>.</p>
</div>

<table class="properties">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row"><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">Flow content</a>, palpable content.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted content</th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">Flow content</a>, but with no <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> or {{HTMLElement("footer")}} descendant</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Tag omission</th>
   <td>{{no_tag_omission}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted parent elements</th>
   <td>Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">flow content</a>. Note that a <code>&lt;header&gt;</code> element must not be a descendant of an {{HTMLElement("address")}}, {{HTMLElement("footer")}} or another {{HTMLElement("header")}} element..</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">DOM interface</th>
   <td>{{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2>

<p><span style="line-height:21px">This element only includes the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" style="line-height: 21px;" title="HTML/Global attributes">global attributes</a><span style="line-height:21px">.</span></p>

<h2 id="Examples">Example:</h2>

<pre class="brush: html">
&lt;header&gt;
&nbsp; &lt;h1&gt;Main Page Title&lt;/h1&gt;<br>
&nbsp; &lt;img src="mdn-logo-sm.png" alt="MDN logo"&gt;
&lt;/header&gt; 
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<h1 name="Specifications">Main Page Title</h1>

<h2 name="Specifications"><img alt="MDN" src="https://developer.cdn.mozilla.net/media/img/mdn-logo-sm.png" /></h2>

<h2 name="Specifications">&nbsp;</h2>

<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

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 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'sections.html#the-header-element', '&lt;header&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'sections.html#the-header-element', '&lt;header&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>5</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("2.0")}}</td>
   <td>9.0</td>
   <td>11.10</td>
   <td>4.1</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>2.2</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("2.0")}}</td>
   <td>9.0</td>
   <td>11.0</td>
   <td>5.0</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>Others section-related elements: {{HTMLElement("body")}}, {{HTMLElement("nav")}}, {{HTMLElement("article")}}, {{HTMLElement("aside")}}, {{HTMLElement("h1")}}, {{HTMLElement("h2")}}, {{HTMLElement("h3")}}, {{HTMLElement("h4")}}, {{HTMLElement("h5")}}, {{HTMLElement("h6")}}, {{HTMLElement("hgroup")}}, {{HTMLElement("footer")}}, {{HTMLElement("section")}}, {{HTMLElement("address")}};</li>
 <li class="last"><a class="deki-ns current" href="/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Sections_and_Outlines_of_an_HTML5_document" title="Sections and Outlines of an HTML5 document">Sections and outlines of an HTML5 document</a>.</li>
</ul>
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