The <footer>
HTML element represents a footer for its nearest ancestor sectioning content or sectioning root element. A <footer>
typically contains information about the author of the section, copyright data or links to related documents.
<footer>
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Content categories | Flow content, palpable content. |
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Permitted content | Flow content, but with no <footer> or <header> descendants. |
Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
Permitted parents | Any element that accepts flow content. Note that a <footer> element must not be a descendant of an <address> , <header> or another <footer> element. |
Implicit ARIA role | contentinfo, or no corresponding role if a descendant of an article, aside, main, nav or section element, or an element with role=article , complementary, main, navigation or region |
Permitted ARIA roles | group , presentation or none |
DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Usage notes
- Enclose information about the author in an
<address>
element that can be included into the<footer>
element. - When the nearest ancestor sectioning content or sectioning root element is the body element the footer applies to the whole page.
- The
<footer>
element is not sectioning content and therefore doesn't introduce a new section in the outline.
Examples
<footer> Some copyright info or perhaps some author info for an <article>? </footer>
Accessibility concerns
Prior to the release of Safari 13, the contentinfo
landmark role was not properly exposed by VoiceOver. If needing to support legacy Safari browsers, add role="contentinfo"
to the footer
element to ensure the landmark will be properly exposed.
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # the-footer-element |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
footer |
5
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12
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4
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9
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11.1
|
5
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Yes
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Yes
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4
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11.1
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4.2
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Yes
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See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/footer