HTML <nav> tag

HTML <nav> tag is used to represent a section which contains navigation links, either within current document or to another document. Examples of some navigation links are menu, table of contents, indexes, etc.

The <nav> tag is newly added tag in HTML5.

Tips: You can use multiple links within a page, but it's not necessary to put all the links within

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the HTML <nav> tag

Example

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

The <nav> tag does not contain any specific attribute in HTML.

Global attribute:

The <nav> tag supports the global attributes in HTML

Event attribute:

The <nav> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<nav>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes