Revision 494825 of <noscript>

<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>
<p>The <strong>HTML <code>&lt;noscript&gt;</code> Element</strong> defines a section of html to be inserted if a script type on the page is unsupported or if scripting is currently turned off in the browser.</p>
<ul class="htmlelt">
 <li><dfn><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></dfn> <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Metadata_content" title="HTML/Content_categories#Metadata_content">Metadata content</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">flow content</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Phrasing content">phrasing content</a>.</li>
 <li><dfn>Permitted content</dfn> When scripting is disabled and when it is a descendant of the {{HTMLElement("head")}} element: in any order, zero or more {{HTMLElement("link")}} elements, zero or more {{HTMLElement("style")}} elements, and zero or more {{HTMLElement("meta")}} elements.<br />
  When scripting is disabled and when it isn't a descendant of the {{HTMLElement("head")}} element: any transparent content, but no <code>&lt;noscript&gt;</code> element must be among its descendants.<br />
  Otherwise: flow content or phrasing content.</li>
 <li><dfn>Tag omission</dfn> {{no_tag_omission}}</li>
 <li><dfn>Permitted parent elements</dfn> Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>, if there are no ancestor <code>&lt;noscript&gt;</code> element, or in a {{HTMLElement("head")}} element (but only for an HTML document), here again if there are no ancestor <code>&lt;noscript&gt;</code> element.</li>
 <li><dfn>DOM interface</dfn> {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</li>
</ul>
<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="Example">Example</h2>
<pre class="brush: html">
&lt;noscript&gt;
  &lt;!-- anchor linking to external file --&gt;
  &lt;a href="https://www.mozilla.com/"&gt;External Link&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/noscript&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rocks!&lt;/p&gt;
</pre>
<h3 id="Result_with_scripting_enabled">Result with scripting enabled</h3>
<p>Rocks!</p>
<h3 id="Result_with_scripting_disabled">Result with scripting disabled</h3>
<p><a class="external" href="https://www.mozilla.com/">External Link</a></p>
<p>Rocks!</p>
<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
 <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', 'scripting-1.html#the-noscript-element', '&lt;noscript&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'scripting-1.html#the-noscript-element', '&lt;noscript&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML4.01', 'interact/scripts.html#h-18.3.1', '&lt;noscript&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML4.01')}}</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>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("1.0")}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</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>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("1.0")}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div>
 {{HTMLRef}}</div>