HTMLHeadElement

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Properties
Methods
Specifications
Browser compatibility
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The HTMLHeadElement interface contains the descriptive information, or metadata, for a document. This object inherits all of the properties and methods described in the HTMLElement interface.

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Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLHeadElement.profile: Is a DOMString representing the URIs of one or more metadata profiles (white space separated).

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLHeadElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from the latest snapshot, HTML 5.1.
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'HTMLHeadElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from HTML5.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLHeadElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The following property has been removed: `profile`.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLHeadElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLHeadElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	1.0 (1.7 or earlier)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)
`profile`	No support	(Yes)	(Yes) No support 7.0	No support	No support	No support

Feature	Android	Edge	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	1.0 (1.0)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)
`profile`	No support	(Yes)	(Yes) No support 7.0	No support	No support	No support

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Last updated by: Sebastianz, Jun 20, 2017, 6:02:27 AM