What is an <address> Address Tag in HTML ?
HTML <address> element indicates the contact information of a person or an organisation.
<address> tag is used inside the <body> tag specifies the contact information.
<address> tag is also used in <footer> section to display the address of website and contact information.
The contact information can be anything like email address, URL, physical address, phone number, social media handle, etc.
Address tag always starts with opening <address> and closing </address> tag.
Why <address> Address Tag is used ?
Its used inside the webpage to display the contact information of a person or an organisation.
Its also used to display the contact information of the author/owner of a document or an article.
How <address> tag displays the address?
Whatever text is defined inside <address> tag the browser displays the text in italic font style.
And <address> tag adds a line break before and after the <address> element.
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Syntax :
<address>
Address Information, contact details:
</address>
Example :
<html>
<head>
<title>My Webpage</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><address>Block Number , House number</address>
<address>ApartmentName,</address>
<address>Street Name.</address>
<address>Location.</address></p>
</body>
</html>
Output :
Global Attributes
<address> tag supports global attributes listed below,
| Sno | Attributes | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | id | unique_name | Declared unique id for an element. |
| 2 | class | class_name | Declared one or more classnames for an element. |
| 3 | style | styles | CSS inline styles specify an element. |
| 4 | title | title | Specify extra details of element contain, this will display as a “tooltip” for an elements. |
Event Attributes
<address> tag supports Event attributes listed below,
| Sno | Attributes | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | onfocus | script | element gets focus on object when script tobe run. |
| 2 | onblur | script | element lose the focus on object when scrip tobe run. |
| 3 | onclick | script | clicked on object when script tobe run. |
| 4 | ondblclick | script | double click on object when script tobe run. |
| 5 | onkeydown | script | key is pressed when script tobe run. |
| 6 | onkeypress | script | key is pressed over element then released when script tobe run. |
| 7 | onkeyup | script | key is released over element when script tobe run. |
| 8 | onmousedown | script | mouse button was pressed over an element when script tobe run. |
| 9 | onmouseout | script | mouse pointer release over an element when script tobe run. |
| 10 | onmousemove | script | run mouse pointer moved when script tobe run. |
| 11 | onmouseover | script | run mouse pointer move over when script tobe run. |
| 12 | onmouseup | script | mouse button is released when script tobe run. |
Browser Compatibility
| Sno | Browser | Support |
| 1 | Chrome | Yes |
| 2 | Firefox | Yes |
| 3 | Edge | Yes |
| 4 | Opera | Yes |
| 5 | Safari | Yes |
| 6 | Internet Explorer | Yes |