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1.21 mike 244: .domintro:before { display: table; margin: -1em -0.5em -0.5em auto; width: auto; content: 'This box is non-normative. Implementation requirements are given below this box.'; color: black; font-style: italic; border: solid 2px; background: white; padding: 0 0.25em; }
245: </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D%0Ahtml%20%7B%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20display:%20none;%20%7D" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D%20.domintro:before%20%7B%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20%7D" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><script type="text/javascript">
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1.12 mike 279: load('dfn.js'); // doesn't support split-out specs, but, oh well.
1.11 mike 280: // load('status.js'); // would need cross-site XHR
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1.30 mike 285: </script><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-ED" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><link href="semantics.html" title="4 The elements of HTML" rel="prev">
1.11 mike 286: <link href="Overview.html#contents" title="Table of contents" rel="index">
287: <link href="sections.html" title="4.4 Sections" rel="next">
288: </head><body onload="fixBrokenLink(); init()"><div class="head" id="head">
289: <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
290: <h1>HTML5 (Author Edition)</h1>
291: </div><div>
292: <a href="semantics.html">← 4 The elements of HTML</a> –
293: <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> –
294: <a href="sections.html">4.4 Sections →</a>
295: <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#scripting-1"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>Scripting</a>
296: <ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#script"><span class="secno">4.3.1 </span>The <code>script</code> element</a>
297: <ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#scriptingLanguages"><span class="secno">4.3.1.1 </span>Scripting languages</a></li><li><a href="scripting-1.html#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements"><span class="secno">4.3.1.2 </span>Restrictions for contents of <code>script</code> elements</a></li><li><a href="scripting-1.html#inline-documentation-for-external-scripts"><span class="secno">4.3.1.3 </span>Inline documentation for external scripts</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="scripting-1.html#the-noscript-element"><span class="secno">4.3.2 </span>The <code>noscript</code> element</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></div>
298:
1.28 mike 299: <h3 id="scripting-1"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>Scripting</h3><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i></p><p>Scripts allow authors to add interactivity to their documents.</p><p>Authors are encouraged to use declarative alternatives to
1.11 mike 300: scripting where possible, as declarative mechanisms are often more
301: maintainable, and many users disable scripting.</p><div class="example">
302: <p>For example, instead of using script to show or hide a section
303: to show more details, the <code><a href="interactive-elements.html#the-details-element">details</a></code> element could be
304: used.</p>
305: </div><p>Authors are also encouraged to make their applications degrade
306: gracefully in the absence of scripting support.</p><div class="example">
307: <p>For example, if an author provides a link in a table header to
308: dynamically resort the table, the link could also be made to
309: function without scripts by requesting the sorted table from the
310: server.</p>
1.28 mike 311: </div><h4 id="script"><span class="secno">4.3.1 </span>The <dfn><code>script</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i></p><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.11 mike 312: <dd><a href="content-models.html#metadata-content">Metadata content</a>.</dd>
313: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
314: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
315: <dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>
316: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#metadata-content">metadata content</a> is expected.</dd>
317: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
318: <dt>Content model:</dt>
319: <dd>If there is no <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code>
320: attribute, depends on the value of the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type">type</a></code> attribute, but must match
321: <a href="#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements">script content restrictions</a>.</dd>
322: <dd>If there <em>is</em> a <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code>
323: attribute, the element must be either empty or contain only
324: <a href="#inline-documentation-for-external-scripts">script documentation</a> that also matches <a href="#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements">script
325: content restrictions</a>.</dd>
326: <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
327: <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
328: <dd><code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code></dd>
329: <dd><code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code></dd>
330: <dd><code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code></dd>
331: <dd><code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type">type</a></code></dd>
332: <dd><code title="attr-script-charset"><a href="#attr-script-charset">charset</a></code></dd>
333: <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
334: <dd>
335: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlscriptelement">HTMLScriptElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a> {
336: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-script-src" title="dom-script-src">src</a>;
337: attribute boolean <a href="#dom-script-async" title="dom-script-async">async</a>;
338: attribute boolean <a href="#dom-script-defer" title="dom-script-defer">defer</a>;
339: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-script-type" title="dom-script-type">type</a>;
340: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-script-charset" title="dom-script-charset">charset</a>;
341: attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-script-text" title="dom-script-text">text</a>;
342: };</pre>
343: </dd>
344: </dl><p>The <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element allows authors to include dynamic
345: script and data blocks in their documents. The element does not
346: <a href="#represents" title="represents">represent</a> content for the user.</p><p>When used to include dynamic scripts, the scripts may either be
347: embedded inline or may be imported from an external file using the
348: <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute. If the language
349: is not that described by "<code title="">text/javascript</code>",
350: then the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type">type</a></code> attribute must
1.22 mike 351: be present, as described below.</p><p>When used to include data blocks (as opposed to scripts), the
352: data must be embedded inline, the format of the data must be given
353: using the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type">type</a></code> attribute, and
354: the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute must not be
1.11 mike 355: specified.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-script-type" title="attr-script-type"><code>type</code></dfn>
356: attribute gives the language of the script or format of the data. If
357: the attribute is present, its value must be a <a href="infrastructure.html#valid-mime-type">valid MIME
1.12 mike 358: type</a>. The <code title="">charset</code> parameter must not be
1.14 mike 359: specified. The default, which is used if the attribute is absent,
360: is "<code title="">text/javascript</code>".</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-script-src" title="attr-script-src"><code>src</code></dfn>
1.11 mike 361: attribute, if specified, gives the address of the external script
1.31 mike 362: resource to use. The value of the attribute must be a <a href="urls.html#valid-non-empty-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces">valid
363: non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces</a> identifying a
364: script resource of the type given by the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type">type</a></code> attribute, if the attribute is
365: present, or of the type "<code title="">text/javascript</code>", if
366: the attribute is absent. A resource is a script resource of a given
367: type if that type identifies a scripting language and the resource
368: conforms with the requirements of that language's specification.</p><p>The <dfn id="attr-script-charset" title="attr-script-charset"><code>charset</code></dfn>
1.11 mike 369: attribute gives the character encoding of the external script
370: resource. The attribute must not be specified if the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute is not present. If the
371: attribute is set, its value must be a valid character encoding name,
372: must be an <a href="infrastructure.html#ascii-case-insensitive">ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the
373: <a href="infrastructure.html#preferred-mime-name">preferred MIME name</a> for that encoding, and must match
374: the encoding given in the <code title="">charset</code> parameter of
375: the <a href="#content-type" title="Content-Type">Content-Type metadata</a> of the
1.26 mike 376: external file, if any. <a href="references.html#refsIANACHARSET">[IANACHARSET]</a></p><p>The <dfn id="attr-script-async" title="attr-script-async"><code>async</code></dfn> and
1.11 mike 377: <dfn id="attr-script-defer" title="attr-script-defer"><code>defer</code></dfn> attributes
378: are <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" title="boolean attribute">boolean attributes</a> that
1.29 mike 379: indicate how the script should be executed. The <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code> and <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code> attributes must not be
380: specified if the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute
381: is not present.</p><p>There are three possible modes that can be selected using these
1.11 mike 382: attributes. If the <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code>
383: attribute is present, then the script will be executed
384: asynchronously, as soon as it is available. If the <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code> attribute is not present but
385: the <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code> attribute is
386: present, then the script is executed when the page has finished
387: parsing. If neither attribute is present, then the script is
388: fetched and executed immediately, before the user agent continues
1.20 mike 389: parsing the page.</p><p class="note">The exact processing details for these attributes
390: are, for mostly historical reasons, somewhat non-trivial, involving
391: a number of aspects of HTML. The implementation requirements are
392: therefore by necessity scattered throughout the specification. The
393: algorithms below (in this section) describe the core of this
394: processing, but these algorithms reference and are referenced by the
395: parsing rules for <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> <a href="#scriptTag">start</a>
396: and <a href="#scriptEndTag">end</a> tags in HTML, <a href="#scriptForeignEndTag">in foreign content</a>, and <a href="#scriptTagXML">in XML</a>, the rules for the <code title="dom-document-write"><a href="#dom-document-write">document.write()</a></code> method, the
397: handling of <a href="webappapis.html#scripting">scripting</a>, etc.</p><p>The <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code> attribute may be
1.11 mike 398: specified even if the <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code>
399: attribute is specified, to cause legacy Web browsers that only
400: support <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code> (and not <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code>) to fall back to the <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code> behavior instead of the
1.29 mike 401: synchronous blocking behavior that is the default.</p><p>Changing the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type">type</a></code>, <code title="attr-script-charset"><a href="#attr-script-charset">charset</a></code>, <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async">async</a></code>, and <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer">defer</a></code> attributes dynamically has no
1.12 mike 402: direct effect; these attribute are only used at specific times
403: described below.</p><!-- by implication, changes to the base URL
404: also have no effect --><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">script</var> . <code title="dom-script-text"><a href="#dom-script-text">text</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.11 mike 405:
406: <dd>
407:
408: <p>Returns the contents of the element, ignoring child nodes that
409: aren't <a href="infrastructure.html#text-node" title="text node">text nodes</a>.</p>
410:
411: <p>Can be set, to replace the element's children with the given
412: value.</p>
413:
414: </dd>
415:
416: </dl><p class="note">When inserted using the <code title="dom-document-write"><a href="#dom-document-write">document.write()</a></code> method,
417: <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> elements execute (typically synchronously), but
418: when inserted using <code title="dom-innerHTML"><a href="apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-innerhtml">innerHTML</a></code> and <code title="dom-outerHTML"><a href="apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-outerhtml">outerHTML</a></code> attributes, they do not
419: execute at all.</p><div class="example">
420:
421: <p>In this example, two <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> elements are used. One
422: embeds an external script, and the other includes some data.</p>
423:
424: <pre><script src="game-engine.js"></script>
425: <script type="text/x-game-map">
426: ........U.........e
427: o............A....e
428: .....A.....AAA....e
429: .A..AAA...AAAAA...e
430: </script></pre>
431:
432: <p>The data in this case might be used by the script to generate
433: the map of a video game. The data doesn't have to be used that way,
434: though; maybe the map data is actually embedded in other parts of
435: the page's markup, and the data block here is just used by the
436: site's search engine to help users who are looking for particular
437: features in their game maps.</p>
438:
439: </div><div class="example">
440:
441: <p>The following sample shows how a script element can be used to
442: define a function that is then used by other parts of the
443: document. It also shows how a <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element can be
444: used to invoke script while the document is being parsed, in this
445: case to initialize the form's output.</p>
446:
447: <pre><script>
448: function calculate(form) {
449: var price = 52000;
450: if (form.elements.brakes.checked)
451: price += 1000;
452: if (form.elements.radio.checked)
453: price += 2500;
454: if (form.elements.turbo.checked)
455: price += 5000;
456: if (form.elements.sticker.checked)
457: price += 250;
458: form.elements.result.value = price;
459: }
460: </script>
461: <form name="pricecalc" onsubmit="return false">
462: <fieldset>
463: <legend>Work out the price of your car</legend>
464: <p>Base cost: £52000.</p>
465: <p>Select additional options:</p>
466: <ul>
467: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=brakes> Ceramic brakes (£1000)</label></li>
468: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=radio> Satellite radio (£2500)</label></li>
469: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=turbo> Turbo charger (£5000)</label></li>
470: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=sticker> "XZ" sticker (£250)</label></li>
471: </ul>
472: <p>Total: £<output name=result onformchange="calculate(form)"></output></p>
473: </fieldset>
474: <script>
475: document.forms.pricecalc.dispatchFormChange();
476: </script>
477: </form></pre>
478:
1.28 mike 479: </div><h5 id="scriptingLanguages"><span class="secno">4.3.1.1 </span>Scripting languages</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i></p><p>The following lists some <a href="infrastructure.html#mime-type">MIME type</a> strings and the
1.11 mike 480: languages to which they refer:</p><dl><dt>"<code>application/ecmascript</code>"</dt>
481: <dt>"<code>application/javascript</code>"</dt>
482: <dt>"<code>application/x-ecmascript</code>"</dt>
483: <dt>"<code>application/x-javascript</code>"</dt>
484: <dt>"<code>text/ecmascript</code>"</dt>
485: <dt>"<code>text/javascript</code>"</dt>
486: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.0</code>"</dt>
487: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.1</code>"</dt>
488: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.2</code>"</dt>
489: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.3</code>"</dt>
490: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.4</code>"</dt>
491: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.5</code>"</dt>
492: <dt>"<code>text/jscript</code>"</dt>
493: <dt>"<code>text/livescript</code>"</dt>
494: <dt>"<code>text/x-ecmascript</code>"</dt>
495: <dt>"<code>text/x-javascript</code>"</dt>
1.26 mike 496: <dd>JavaScript. <a href="references.html#refsECMA262">[ECMA262]</a></dd>
1.11 mike 497:
498: <dt>"<code>text/javascript;e4x=1</code>"</dt>
1.26 mike 499: <dd>JavaScript with ECMAScript for XML. <a href="references.html#refsECMA357">[ECMA357]</a></dd>
1.11 mike 500:
1.28 mike 501: </dl><h5 id="restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements"><span class="secno">4.3.1.2 </span><dfn title="script content restrictions">Restrictions for contents of <code>script</code> elements</dfn></h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i></p><p>The <code><a href="#textcontent">textContent</a></code> of a <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element must match the
1.11 mike 502: <code title="">script</code> production in the following ABNF, the
1.26 mike 503: character set for which is Unicode. <a href="references.html#refsABNF">[ABNF]</a></p><pre>script = data1 *( escape [ script-start data3 ] "-->" data1 ) [ escape ]
1.11 mike 504: escape = "<!--" data2 *( script-start data3 script-end data2 )
505:
506: data1 = <any string that doesn't contain a substring that matches not-data1>
507: not-data1 = <!-- script-end / -->"<!--" <!-- the script-end is redundant here since it would close the element -->
508:
509: data2 = <any string that doesn't contain a substring that matches not-data2>
510: not-data2 = <!-- script-end / -->script-start / "-->" <!-- the script-end is redundant here since it would close the element -->
511:
512: data3 = <any string that doesn't contain a substring that matches not-data3>
513: not-data3 = script-end / "-->"
514:
515: script-start = lt s c r i p t tag-end
516: script-end = lt slash s c r i p t tag-end
517:
518: lt = %x003C ; U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN character (<)
519: slash = %x002F ; U+002F SOLIDUS character (/)
520:
521: s = %x0053 ; U+0053 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
522: s =/ %x0073 ; U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S
523: c = %x0043 ; U+0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
524: c =/ %x0063 ; U+0063 LATIN SMALL LETTER C
525: r = %x0052 ; U+0052 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
526: r =/ %x0072 ; U+0072 LATIN SMALL LETTER R
527: i = %x0049 ; U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
528: i =/ %x0069 ; U+0069 LATIN SMALL LETTER I
529: p = %x0050 ; U+0050 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
530: p =/ %x0070 ; U+0070 LATIN SMALL LETTER P
531: t = %x0054 ; U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
532: t =/ %x0074 ; U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T
533:
534: tag-end = %x0009 ; U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION
535: tag-end =/ %x000A ; U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
536: tag-end =/ %x000C ; U+000C FORM FEED (FF)
537: tag-end =/ %x0020 ; U+0020 SPACE
538: tag-end =/ %x002F ; U+002F SOLIDUS (/)
539: tag-end =/ %x003E ; U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN (>)</pre><p>When a <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element contains <a href="#inline-documentation-for-external-scripts">script
540: documentation</a>, there are further restrictions on the contents
1.28 mike 541: of the element, as described in the section below.</p><h5 id="inline-documentation-for-external-scripts"><span class="secno">4.3.1.3 </span><dfn title="script documentation">Inline documentation for external scripts</dfn></h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i></p><p>If a <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element's <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute is specified, then the
1.11 mike 542: contents of the <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element, if any, must be such
543: that the value of the <code title="dom-script-text"><a href="#dom-script-text">text</a></code> IDL
544: attribute, which is derived from the element's contents, matches the
545: <code title="">documentation</code> production in the following
1.26 mike 546: ABNF, the character set for which is Unicode. <a href="references.html#refsABNF">[ABNF]</a></p><pre>documentation = *( *( space / tab / comment ) [ line-comment ] newline )
1.11 mike 547: comment = slash star *( not-star / star not-slash ) 1*star slash
548: line-comment = slash slash *not-newline
549:
550: ; characters
551: tab = %x0009 ; U+0009 TAB
552: newline = %x000A ; U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
553: space = %x0020 ; U+0020 SPACE
554: star = %x002A ; U+002A ASTERISK (*)
555: slash = %x002F ; U+002F SOLIDUS (/)
556: not-newline = %x0000-0009 / %x000B-10FFFF
557: ; a Unicode character other than U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
558: not-star = %x0000-0029 / %x002B-10FFFF
559: ; a Unicode character other than U+002A ASTERISK (*)
560: not-slash = %x0000-002E / %x0030-10FFFF
561: ; a Unicode character other than U+002F SOLIDUS (/)</pre><p class="note">This corresponds to putting the contents of the
562: element in JavaScript comments.</p><p class="note">This requirement is in addition to the earlier
563: restrictions on the syntax of contents of <code><a href="#script">script</a></code>
564: elements.</p><div class="example">
565:
566: <p>This allows authors to include documentation, such as license
567: information or API information, inside their documents while still
568: referring to external script files. The syntax is constrained so
569: that authors don't accidentally include what looks like valid
570: script while also providing a <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute.</p>
571:
572: <pre><script src="cool-effects.js">
573: // create new instances using:
574: // var e = new Effect();
575: // start the effect using .play, stop using .stop:
576: // e.play();
577: // e.stop();
578: </script></pre>
579:
1.28 mike 580: </div><h4 id="the-noscript-element"><span class="secno">4.3.2 </span>The <dfn><code>noscript</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i></p><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.11 mike 581: <dd><a href="content-models.html#metadata-content">Metadata content</a>.</dd>
582: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
583: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
584: <dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>
585: <dd>In a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> element of an <a href="dom.html#html-documents" title="HTML documents">HTML document</a>, if there are no ancestor <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> elements.</dd>
586: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content">phrasing content</a> is expected in <a href="dom.html#html-documents">HTML documents</a>, if there are no ancestor <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> elements.</dd>
587: <dt>Content model:</dt>
588: <dd>When <a href="#concept-n-noscript" title="concept-n-noscript">scripting is disabled</a>, in a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> element: in any order, zero or more <code><a href="semantics.html#the-link-element">link</a></code> elements, zero or more <code><a href="semantics.html#the-style-element">style</a></code> elements, and zero or more <code><a href="semantics.html#meta">meta</a></code> elements.</dd>
589: <dd>When <a href="#concept-n-noscript" title="concept-n-noscript">scripting is disabled</a>, not in a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> element: <a href="content-models.html#transparent">transparent</a>, but there must be no <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element descendants.</dd>
590: <dd>Otherwise: text that conforms to the requirements given in the prose.</dd>
591: <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
592: <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
593: <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
594: <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
595: </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> nothing
596: if <a href="#concept-n-script" title="concept-n-script">scripting is enabled</a>, and
597: <a href="#represents">represents</a> its children if <a href="#concept-n-noscript" title="concept-n-noscript">scripting is disabled</a>. It is used
598: to present different markup to user agents that support scripting
599: and those that don't support scripting, by affecting how the
600: document is parsed.</p><p>When used in <a href="dom.html#html-documents">HTML documents</a>, the allowed content
601: model is as follows:</p><dl><dt>In a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> element, if <a href="#concept-n-noscript" title="concept-n-noscript">scripting is disabled</a> for the
602: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
603:
604: <dd><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element must contain only
605: <code><a href="semantics.html#the-link-element">link</a></code>, <code><a href="semantics.html#the-style-element">style</a></code>, and <code><a href="semantics.html#meta">meta</a></code>
606: elements.</p></dd>
607:
608: <dt>In a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> element, if <a href="#concept-n-script" title="concept-n-script">scripting is enabled</a> for the
609: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
610:
611: <dd><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element must contain only text,
612: except that invoking the <a href="#html-fragment-parsing-algorithm">HTML fragment parsing
1.12 mike 613: algorithm</a> <!-- (which disables <script type="text/javascript"> execution) --> with
1.11 mike 614: the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element as the <var title="">context</var> element and the text contents as the <var title="">input</var> must result in a list of nodes that consists
615: only of <code><a href="semantics.html#the-link-element">link</a></code>, <code><a href="semantics.html#the-style-element">style</a></code>, and
616: <code><a href="semantics.html#meta">meta</a></code> elements that would be conforming if they were
617: children of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element, and no <a href="#parse-error" title="parse error">parse errors</a>.</p></dd>
618:
619: <dt>Outside of <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> elements, if <a href="#concept-n-noscript" title="concept-n-noscript">scripting is disabled</a> for the
620: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
621:
622: <dd><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element's content model is
623: <a href="content-models.html#transparent">transparent</a>, with the additional restriction that a
624: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element must not have a <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code>
625: element as an ancestor (that is, <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> can't be
626: nested).</p></dd>
627:
628: <dt>Outside of <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> elements, if <a href="#concept-n-script" title="concept-n-script">scripting is enabled</a> for the
629: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
630:
631: <dd>
632:
633: <p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element must contain only text,
634: except that the text must be such that running the following
635: algorithm results in a conforming document with no
636: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> elements and no <code><a href="#script">script</a></code>
637: elements, and such that no step in the algorithm causes an
638: <a href="#html-parser">HTML parser</a> to flag a <a href="#parse-error">parse error</a>:</p>
639:
640: <ol><li>Remove every <code><a href="#script">script</a></code> element from the
641: document.</li>
642:
643: <li>Make a list of every <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element in the
644: document. For every <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element in that list,
645: perform the following steps:
646:
647: <ol><li>Let the <var title="">parent element</var> be the parent
648: element of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element.</li>
649:
650: <li>Take all the children of the <var title="">parent element</var>
651: that come before the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element, and call these
652: elements <var title="">the before children</var>.</li>
653:
654: <li>Take all the children of the <var title="">parent element</var>
655: that come <em>after</em> the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element, and
656: call these elements <var title="">the after children</var>.</li>
657:
658: <li>Let <var title="">s</var> be the concatenation of all the
659: <a href="infrastructure.html#text-node">text node</a> children of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code>
660: element.</li>
661:
662: <li>Set the <code title="dom-innerHTML"><a href="apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-innerhtml">innerHTML</a></code>
663: attribute of the <var title="">parent element</var> to the value
664: of <var title="">s</var>. (This, as a side-effect, causes the
665: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element to be removed from the
666: document.)</li>
667:
668: <li>Insert <var title="">the before children</var> at the start of
669: the <var title="">parent element</var>, preserving their original
670: relative order.</li>
671:
672: <li>Insert <var title="">the after children</var> at the end of the
673: <var title="">parent element</var>, preserving their original
674: relative order.</li>
675:
676: </ol></li>
677:
678: </ol></dd>
679:
680: </dl><p class="note">All these contortions are required because, for
681: historical reasons, the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is handled
682: differently by the <a href="#html-parser">HTML parser</a> based on whether <a href="#scripting-flag" title="scripting flag">scripting was enabled or not</a> when the
683: parser was invoked.</p><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element must not be used in <a href="dom.html#xml-documents">XML
684: documents</a>.</p><p class="note"><strong>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is only
685: effective in <a href="syntax.html#syntax">the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in
1.26 mike 686: <a href="the-xhtml-syntax.html#the-xhtml-syntax">the XHTML syntax</a>.</strong></p><div class="example">
1.11 mike 687:
688: <p>In the following example, a <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is
689: used to provide fallback for a script.</p>
690:
691: <pre><form action="calcSquare.php">
692: <p>
693: <label for=x>Number</label>:
694: <input id="x" name="x" type="number">
695: </p>
696: <script>
697: var x = document.getElementById('x');
698: var output = document.createElement('p');
699: output.textContent = 'Type a number; it will be squared right then!';
700: x.form.appendChild(output);
701: x.form.onsubmit = function () { return false; }
702: x.oninput = function () {
703: var v = x.valueAsNumber;
704: output.textContent = v + ' squared is ' + v * v;
705: };
706: </script>
707: <noscript>
708: <input type=submit value="Calculate Square">
709: </noscript>
710: </form></pre>
711:
712: <p>When script is disabled, a button appears to do the calculation
713: on the server side. When script is enabled, the value is computed
714: on-the-fly instead.</p>
715:
716: <p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> element is a blunt
717: instrument. Sometimes, scripts might be enabled, but for some
718: reason the page's script might fail. For this reason, it's
719: generally better to avoid using <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code>, and to
720: instead design the script to change the page from being a
721: scriptless page to a scripted page on the fly, as in the next
722: example:</p>
723:
724: <pre><form action="calcSquare.php">
725: <p>
726: <label for=x>Number</label>:
727: <input id="x" name="x" type="number">
728: </p>
729: <strong><input id="submit" type=submit value="Calculate Square"></strong>
730: <script>
731: var x = document.getElementById('x');
732: var output = document.createElement('p');
733: output.textContent = 'Type a number; it will be squared right then!';
734: x.form.appendChild(output);
735: x.form.onsubmit = function () { return false; }
736: x.oninput = function () {
737: var v = x.valueAsNumber;
738: output.textContent = v + ' squared is ' + v * v;
739: };
740: <strong> var submit = document.getElementById('submit');
741: submit.parentNode.removeChild(submit);</strong>
742: </script>
743: </form></pre>
744:
745: <p>The above technique is also useful in XHTML, since
1.26 mike 746: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element">noscript</a></code> is not supported in <a href="the-xhtml-syntax.html#the-xhtml-syntax">the XHTML
1.11 mike 747: syntax</a>.</p>
748:
749: </div></body></html>
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