Revision 933861 of <noscript>

<div>{{HTMLRef}}</div>

<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>

<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#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>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted content</th>
   <td>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.</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#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.</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="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>

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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', '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>