<noscript>: The Noscript element
BaselineWidely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The<noscript>HTML element 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.
Attributes
This element only includes theglobal attributes.
Examples
html
<noscript> <!-- anchor linking to external file --> <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/">External Link</a></noscript><p>Rocks!</p>Result with scripting enabled
Rocks!
Result with scripting disabled
Rocks!
Usage notes
The<noscript> element represents its children differently depending on if scripting is enabled:
- If scripting is disabled the
<noscript>element represents its children asHTML content. - If scripting is enabled, the
<noscript>element represents its children astext.
Technical summary
| Content categories | Metadata content,flow content,phrasing content. |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | When scripting is disabled and when it is a descendant of the<head> element: in any order, zero or more<link> elements, zero or more<style> elements, and zero or more<meta> elements.When scripting is disabled and when it isn't a descendant of the <head> element: anytransparent content, but no<noscript> element must be among its descendants.Otherwise: flow content or phrasing content. |
| Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
| Permitted parents | Any element that acceptsphrasing content, if there are no ancestor<noscript> element, or in a<head> element (but only for an HTML document), here again if there are no ancestor<noscript> element. |
| Implicit ARIA role | No corresponding role |
| Permitted ARIA roles | Norole permitted |
| DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # the-noscript-element |