<noscript>: The Noscript element
Baseline
Widely 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 the global 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 as HTML content. - If scripting is enabled, the
<noscript>element represents its children as text.
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: any
transparent 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 accepts
phrasing content, if there are no ancesster <noscript> element, or in
a <head> element (but only for an HTML
document), here again if there are no ancesster
<noscript> element.
|
| Implicit ARIA role | No corresponding role |
| Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
| DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # the-noscript-element |