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1.351 mike 317: </script><link href="semantics.html" rel="prev" title="4 The elements of HTML">
1.158 mike 318: <link href="Overview.html#contents" rel="index" title="Table of contents">
319: <link href="sections.html" rel="next" title="4.4 Sections">
320: <body onload="fixBrokenLink(); init()"><div class="head" id="head">
1.11 mike 321: <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
1.34 mike 322:
1.373 ! mike 323: <h1>HTML5 <span class="edition">Edition for Web Authors</span> <span class="rcsrevision">revision 1.4650</span></h1>
1.11 mike 324: </div><div>
1.317 mike 325: <a href="semantics.html">← 4 The elements of HTML</a> –
1.158 mike 326: <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> –
1.317 mike 327: <a href="sections.html">4.4 Sections →</a>
1.11 mike 328: <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#scripting-1"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>Scripting</a>
1.154 mike 329: <ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#script" id="x4.3.1-the-script-element"><span class="secno">4.3.1 </span>The <code>script</code> element</a>
1.158 mike 330: <ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#scriptingLanguages"><span class="secno">4.3.1.1 </span>Scripting languages</a><li><a href="scripting-1.html#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements" id="x4.3.1.2-restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements"><span class="secno">4.3.1.2 </span>Restrictions for contents of <code>script</code> elements</a><li><a href="scripting-1.html#inline-documentation-for-external-scripts" id="x4.3.1.3-inline-documentation-for-external-scripts"><span class="secno">4.3.1.3 </span>Inline documentation for external scripts</a></ol><li><a href="scripting-1.html#the-noscript-element" id="x4.3.2-the-noscript-element"><span class="secno">4.3.2 </span>The <code>noscript</code> element</a></ol></ol></ol></div>
1.11 mike 331:
1.199 mike 332: <h3 id="scripting-1"><span class="secno">4.3 </span>Scripting</h3><p>Scripts allow authors to add interactivity to their documents.<p>Authors are encouraged to use declarative alternatives to
1.11 mike 333: scripting where possible, as declarative mechanisms are often more
1.158 mike 334: maintainable, and many users disable scripting.<div class="example">
1.11 mike 335: <p>For example, instead of using script to show or hide a section
1.174 mike 336: to show more details, the <code><a href="interactive-elements.html#the-details-element" id="details-3">details</a></code> element could be
1.11 mike 337: used.</p>
338: </div><p>Authors are also encouraged to make their applications degrade
1.158 mike 339: gracefully in the absence of scripting support.<div class="example">
1.11 mike 340: <p>For example, if an author provides a link in a table header to
341: dynamically resort the table, the link could also be made to
342: function without scripts by requesting the sorted table from the
343: server.</p>
1.199 mike 344: </div><h4 id="script"><span class="secno">4.3.1 </span>The <dfn><code>script</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.154 mike 345: <dd><a href="content-models.html#metadata-content" id="metadata-content-13">Metadata content</a>.</dd>
1.200 mike 346: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-12">Flow content</a>.</dd>
1.360 mike 347: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-19">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.200 mike 348: <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.154 mike 349: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#metadata-content" id="metadata-content-14">metadata content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.360 mike 350: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-20">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.11 mike 351: <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.154 mike 352: <dd>If there is no <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-1">src</a></code>
1.184 mike 353: attribute, depends on the value of the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type" id="type-6">type</a></code> attribute, but must match
1.154 mike 354: <a href="#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements" id="script-content-restrictions">script content restrictions</a>.</dd>
355: <dd>If there <em>is</em> a <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-2">src</a></code>
1.11 mike 356: attribute, the element must be either empty or contain only
1.154 mike 357: <a href="#inline-documentation-for-external-scripts" id="script-documentation">script documentation</a> that also matches <a href="#restrictions-for-contents-of-script-elements" id="script-content-restrictions-0">script
1.11 mike 358: content restrictions</a>.</dd>
359: <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.154 mike 360: <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-7">Global attributes</a></dd>
361: <dd><code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-3">src</a></code></dd>
362: <dd><code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async">async</a></code></dd>
363: <dd><code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer">defer</a></code></dd>
1.184 mike 364: <dd><code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type" id="type-7">type</a></code></dd>
1.154 mike 365: <dd><code title="attr-script-charset"><a href="#attr-script-charset" id="charset-10">charset</a></code></dd>
1.11 mike 366: <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
367: <dd>
1.154 mike 368: <pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="htmlscriptelement">HTMLScriptElement</dfn> : <a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-14">HTMLElement</a> {
1.160 mike 369: attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-src" title='Read about this "src" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>src</a>;
370: attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-async" title='Read about this "async" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>async</a>;
371: attribute boolean <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-defer" title='Read about this "defer" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>defer</a>;
372: attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-type" title='Read about this "type" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>type</a>;
373: attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-charset" title='Read about this "charset" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>charset</a>;
374: attribute DOMString <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-text" title='Read about this "text" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>text</a>;
1.11 mike 375: };</pre>
376: </dd>
1.319 mike 377: </dl><p>The <code><a href="#script" id="script-14">script</a></code> element allows authors to include dynamic
1.11 mike 378: script and data blocks in their documents. The element does not
1.160 mike 379: <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represent" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represent</a> content for the user.<p>When used to include dynamic scripts, the scripts may either be
1.11 mike 380: embedded inline or may be imported from an external file using the
1.154 mike 381: <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-4">src</a></code> attribute. If the language
1.11 mike 382: is not that described by "<code title="">text/javascript</code>",
1.184 mike 383: then the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type" id="type-8">type</a></code> attribute must
1.158 mike 384: be present, as described below.<p>When used to include data blocks (as opposed to scripts), the
1.22 mike 385: data must be embedded inline, the format of the data must be given
1.184 mike 386: using the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type" id="type-9">type</a></code> attribute, and
1.154 mike 387: the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-5">src</a></code> attribute must not be
1.158 mike 388: specified.<p>The <dfn id="attr-script-type" title="attr-script-type"><code>type</code></dfn>
1.11 mike 389: attribute gives the language of the script or format of the data. If
1.154 mike 390: the attribute is present, its value must be a <a href="infrastructure.html#valid-mime-type" id="valid-mime-type-3">valid MIME
1.12 mike 391: type</a>. The <code title="">charset</code> parameter must not be
1.14 mike 392: specified. The default, which is used if the attribute is absent,
1.158 mike 393: is "<code title="">text/javascript</code>".<p>The <dfn id="attr-script-src" title="attr-script-src"><code>src</code></dfn>
1.11 mike 394: attribute, if specified, gives the address of the external script
1.154 mike 395: resource to use. The value of the attribute must be a <a href="urls.html#valid-non-empty-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces" id="valid-non-empty-url-potentially-surrounded-by-spaces-2">valid
1.31 mike 396: non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces</a> identifying a
1.184 mike 397: script resource of the type given by the <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type" id="type-10">type</a></code> attribute, if the attribute is
1.31 mike 398: present, or of the type "<code title="">text/javascript</code>", if
399: the attribute is absent. A resource is a script resource of a given
400: type if that type identifies a scripting language and the resource
1.158 mike 401: conforms with the requirements of that language's specification.<p>The <dfn id="attr-script-charset" title="attr-script-charset"><code>charset</code></dfn>
1.11 mike 402: attribute gives the character encoding of the external script
1.154 mike 403: resource. The attribute must not be specified if the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-6">src</a></code> attribute is not present. If the
1.11 mike 404: attribute is set, its value must be a valid character encoding name,
1.165 mike 405: must be an <a href="infrastructure.html#ascii-case-insensitive" id="ascii-case-insensitive-10">ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for the
1.154 mike 406: <a href="infrastructure.html#preferred-mime-name" id="preferred-mime-name-1">preferred MIME name</a> for that encoding, and must match
1.11 mike 407: the encoding given in the <code title="">charset</code> parameter of
1.160 mike 408: the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/fetching-resources.html#content-type" title='Read about this "Content-Type metadata" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>Content-Type metadata</a> of the
1.158 mike 409: external file, if any. <a href="references.html#refsIANACHARSET">[IANACHARSET]</a><p>The <dfn id="attr-script-async" title="attr-script-async"><code>async</code></dfn> and
1.11 mike 410: <dfn id="attr-script-defer" title="attr-script-defer"><code>defer</code></dfn> attributes
1.154 mike 411: are <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#boolean-attribute" id="boolean-attribute-1" title="boolean attribute">boolean attributes</a> that
412: indicate how the script should be executed. The <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer-0">defer</a></code> and <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async-0">async</a></code> attributes must not be
413: specified if the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-7">src</a></code> attribute
1.158 mike 414: is not present.<p>There are three possible modes that can be selected using these
1.154 mike 415: attributes. If the <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async-1">async</a></code>
1.11 mike 416: attribute is present, then the script will be executed
1.154 mike 417: asynchronously, as soon as it is available. If the <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async-2">async</a></code> attribute is not present but
418: the <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer-1">defer</a></code> attribute is
1.11 mike 419: present, then the script is executed when the page has finished
420: parsing. If neither attribute is present, then the script is
421: fetched and executed immediately, before the user agent continues
1.158 mike 422: parsing the page.<p class="note">The exact processing details for these attributes
1.20 mike 423: are, for mostly historical reasons, somewhat non-trivial, involving
424: a number of aspects of HTML. The implementation requirements are
425: therefore by necessity scattered throughout the specification. The
426: algorithms below (in this section) describe the core of this
427: processing, but these algorithms reference and are referenced by the
1.319 mike 428: parsing rules for <code><a href="#script" id="script-15">script</a></code> <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/tokenization.html#scriptTag" title='Read about this "start" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>start</a>
1.160 mike 429: and <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/tokenization.html#scriptEndTag" title='Read about this "end" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>end</a> tags in HTML, <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/tokenization.html#scriptForeignEndTag" title='Read about this "in foreign content" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>in foreign content</a>, and <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-xhtml-syntax.html#scriptTagXML" title='Read about this "in XML" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>in XML</a>, the rules for the <code title="dom-document-write"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-document-write" title='Read about this "document.write()" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>document.write()</a></code> method, the
1.158 mike 430: handling of <a href="webappapis.html#scripting">scripting</a>, etc.<p>The <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer-2">defer</a></code> attribute may be
1.154 mike 431: specified even if the <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async-3">async</a></code>
1.11 mike 432: attribute is specified, to cause legacy Web browsers that only
1.154 mike 433: support <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer-3">defer</a></code> (and not <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async-4">async</a></code>) to fall back to the <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer-4">defer</a></code> behavior instead of the
1.184 mike 434: synchronous blocking behavior that is the default.<p>Changing the <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-8">src</a></code>, <code title="attr-script-type"><a href="#attr-script-type" id="type-11">type</a></code>, <code title="attr-script-charset"><a href="#attr-script-charset" id="charset-11">charset</a></code>, <code title="attr-script-async"><a href="#attr-script-async" id="async-5">async</a></code>, and <code title="attr-script-defer"><a href="#attr-script-defer" id="defer-5">defer</a></code> attributes dynamically has no
1.12 mike 435: direct effect; these attribute are only used at specific times
436: described below.</p><!-- by implication, changes to the base URL
1.160 mike 437: also have no effect --><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">script</var> . <code title="dom-script-text"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-text" title='Read about this "text" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>text</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.11 mike 438:
439: <dd>
440:
441: <p>Returns the contents of the element, ignoring child nodes that
1.363 mike 442: aren't <a href="infrastructure.html#text-node" id="text-node-11" title="text node">text nodes</a>.</p>
1.11 mike 443:
444: <p>Can be set, to replace the element's children with the given
445: value.</p>
446:
447: </dd>
448:
1.160 mike 449: </dl><p class="note">When inserted using the <code title="dom-document-write"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-document-write" title='Read about this "document.write()" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>document.write()</a></code> method,
1.319 mike 450: <code><a href="#script" id="script-16">script</a></code> elements execute (typically synchronously), but
1.154 mike 451: when inserted using <code title="dom-innerHTML"><a href="apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-innerhtml" id="innerhtml-3">innerHTML</a></code> and <code title="dom-outerHTML"><a href="apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-outerhtml" id="outerhtml-2">outerHTML</a></code> attributes, they do not
1.158 mike 452: execute at all.<div class="example">
1.11 mike 453:
1.319 mike 454: <p>In this example, two <code><a href="#script" id="script-17">script</a></code> elements are used. One
1.11 mike 455: embeds an external script, and the other includes some data.</p>
456:
457: <pre><script src="game-engine.js"></script>
458: <script type="text/x-game-map">
459: ........U.........e
460: o............A....e
461: .....A.....AAA....e
462: .A..AAA...AAAAA...e
463: </script></pre>
464:
465: <p>The data in this case might be used by the script to generate
466: the map of a video game. The data doesn't have to be used that way,
467: though; maybe the map data is actually embedded in other parts of
468: the page's markup, and the data block here is just used by the
469: site's search engine to help users who are looking for particular
470: features in their game maps.</p>
471:
472: </div><div class="example">
473:
474: <p>The following sample shows how a script element can be used to
475: define a function that is then used by other parts of the
1.319 mike 476: document. It also shows how a <code><a href="#script" id="script-18">script</a></code> element can be
1.11 mike 477: used to invoke script while the document is being parsed, in this
478: case to initialize the form's output.</p>
479:
480: <pre><script>
481: function calculate(form) {
482: var price = 52000;
483: if (form.elements.brakes.checked)
484: price += 1000;
485: if (form.elements.radio.checked)
486: price += 2500;
487: if (form.elements.turbo.checked)
488: price += 5000;
489: if (form.elements.sticker.checked)
490: price += 250;
491: form.elements.result.value = price;
492: }
493: </script>
494: <form name="pricecalc" onsubmit="return false">
495: <fieldset>
496: <legend>Work out the price of your car</legend>
1.158 mike 497: <p>Base cost: £52000.</p>
1.11 mike 498: <p>Select additional options:</p>
499: <ul>
1.158 mike 500: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=brakes> Ceramic brakes (£1000)</label></li>
501: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=radio> Satellite radio (£2500)</label></li>
502: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=turbo> Turbo charger (£5000)</label></li>
503: <li><label><input type=checkbox name=sticker> "XZ" sticker (£250)</label></li>
1.11 mike 504: </ul>
1.158 mike 505: <p>Total: £<output name=result onformchange="calculate(form)"></output></p>
1.11 mike 506: </fieldset>
507: <script>
508: document.forms.pricecalc.dispatchFormChange();
509: </script>
510: </form></pre>
511:
1.199 mike 512: </div><h5 id="scriptingLanguages"><span class="secno">4.3.1.1 </span>Scripting languages</h5><p>The following lists some <a href="infrastructure.html#mime-type" id="mime-type-4">MIME type</a> strings and the
1.158 mike 513: languages to which they refer:<dl><dt>"<code>application/ecmascript</code>"</dt>
1.11 mike 514: <dt>"<code>application/javascript</code>"</dt>
515: <dt>"<code>application/x-ecmascript</code>"</dt>
516: <dt>"<code>application/x-javascript</code>"</dt>
517: <dt>"<code>text/ecmascript</code>"</dt>
518: <dt>"<code>text/javascript</code>"</dt>
519: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.0</code>"</dt>
520: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.1</code>"</dt>
521: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.2</code>"</dt>
522: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.3</code>"</dt>
523: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.4</code>"</dt>
524: <dt>"<code>text/javascript1.5</code>"</dt>
525: <dt>"<code>text/jscript</code>"</dt>
526: <dt>"<code>text/livescript</code>"</dt>
527: <dt>"<code>text/x-ecmascript</code>"</dt>
528: <dt>"<code>text/x-javascript</code>"</dt>
1.26 mike 529: <dd>JavaScript. <a href="references.html#refsECMA262">[ECMA262]</a></dd>
1.11 mike 530:
531: <dt>"<code>text/javascript;e4x=1</code>"</dt>
1.26 mike 532: <dd>JavaScript with ECMAScript for XML. <a href="references.html#refsECMA357">[ECMA357]</a></dd>
1.11 mike 533:
1.363 mike 534: </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>The <code><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#textcontent" title='Read about this "textContent" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>textContent</a></code> of a <code><a href="#script" id="script-19">script</a></code> element
535: must match the <code title="">script</code> production in the
536: following ABNF, the character set for which is Unicode. <a href="references.html#refsABNF">[ABNF]</a><pre>script = data1 *( escape [ script-start data3 ] "-->" data1 ) [ escape ]
1.11 mike 537: escape = "<!--" data2 *( script-start data3 script-end data2 )
538:
539: data1 = <any string that doesn't contain a substring that matches not-data1>
540: not-data1 = <!-- script-end / -->"<!--" <!-- the script-end is redundant here since it would close the element -->
541:
542: data2 = <any string that doesn't contain a substring that matches not-data2>
543: not-data2 = <!-- script-end / -->script-start / "-->" <!-- the script-end is redundant here since it would close the element -->
544:
545: data3 = <any string that doesn't contain a substring that matches not-data3>
546: not-data3 = script-end / "-->"
547:
548: script-start = lt s c r i p t tag-end
549: script-end = lt slash s c r i p t tag-end
550:
551: lt = %x003C ; U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN character (<)
552: slash = %x002F ; U+002F SOLIDUS character (/)
553:
554: s = %x0053 ; U+0053 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
555: s =/ %x0073 ; U+0073 LATIN SMALL LETTER S
556: c = %x0043 ; U+0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
557: c =/ %x0063 ; U+0063 LATIN SMALL LETTER C
558: r = %x0052 ; U+0052 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
559: r =/ %x0072 ; U+0072 LATIN SMALL LETTER R
560: i = %x0049 ; U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
561: i =/ %x0069 ; U+0069 LATIN SMALL LETTER I
562: p = %x0050 ; U+0050 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
563: p =/ %x0070 ; U+0070 LATIN SMALL LETTER P
564: t = %x0054 ; U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
565: t =/ %x0074 ; U+0074 LATIN SMALL LETTER T
566:
567: tag-end = %x0009 ; U+0009 CHARACTER TABULATION
568: tag-end =/ %x000A ; U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
569: tag-end =/ %x000C ; U+000C FORM FEED (FF)
570: tag-end =/ %x0020 ; U+0020 SPACE
571: tag-end =/ %x002F ; U+002F SOLIDUS (/)
1.319 mike 572: tag-end =/ %x003E ; U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN (>)</pre><p>When a <code><a href="#script" id="script-20">script</a></code> element contains <a href="#inline-documentation-for-external-scripts" id="script-documentation-0">script
1.11 mike 573: documentation</a>, there are further restrictions on the contents
1.319 mike 574: of the element, as described in the section below.<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>If a <code><a href="#script" id="script-21">script</a></code> element's <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-9">src</a></code> attribute is specified, then the
575: contents of the <code><a href="#script" id="script-22">script</a></code> element, if any, must be such
1.160 mike 576: that the value of the <code title="dom-script-text"><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/scripting-1.html#dom-script-text" title='Read about this "text" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>text</a></code> IDL
1.11 mike 577: attribute, which is derived from the element's contents, matches the
578: <code title="">documentation</code> production in the following
1.158 mike 579: ABNF, the character set for which is Unicode. <a href="references.html#refsABNF">[ABNF]</a><pre>documentation = *( *( space / tab / comment ) [ line-comment ] newline )
1.11 mike 580: comment = slash star *( not-star / star not-slash ) 1*star slash
581: line-comment = slash slash *not-newline
582:
583: ; characters
584: tab = %x0009 ; U+0009 TAB
585: newline = %x000A ; U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
586: space = %x0020 ; U+0020 SPACE
587: star = %x002A ; U+002A ASTERISK (*)
588: slash = %x002F ; U+002F SOLIDUS (/)
589: not-newline = %x0000-0009 / %x000B-10FFFF
590: ; a Unicode character other than U+000A LINE FEED (LF)
591: not-star = %x0000-0029 / %x002B-10FFFF
592: ; a Unicode character other than U+002A ASTERISK (*)
593: not-slash = %x0000-002E / %x0030-10FFFF
594: ; a Unicode character other than U+002F SOLIDUS (/)</pre><p class="note">This corresponds to putting the contents of the
1.158 mike 595: element in JavaScript comments.<p class="note">This requirement is in addition to the earlier
1.319 mike 596: restrictions on the syntax of contents of <code><a href="#script" id="script-23">script</a></code>
1.158 mike 597: elements.<div class="example">
1.11 mike 598:
599: <p>This allows authors to include documentation, such as license
600: information or API information, inside their documents while still
601: referring to external script files. The syntax is constrained so
602: that authors don't accidentally include what looks like valid
1.154 mike 603: script while also providing a <code title="attr-script-src"><a href="#attr-script-src" id="src-10">src</a></code> attribute.</p>
1.11 mike 604:
605: <pre><script src="cool-effects.js">
606: // create new instances using:
607: // var e = new Effect();
608: // start the effect using .play, stop using .stop:
609: // e.play();
610: // e.stop();
611: </script></pre>
612:
1.246 mike 613: </div><h4 id="the-noscript-element"><span class="secno">4.3.2 </span>The <dfn><code>noscript</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.154 mike 614: <dd><a href="content-models.html#metadata-content" id="metadata-content-15">Metadata content</a>.</dd>
1.200 mike 615: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content-13">Flow content</a>.</dd>
1.360 mike 616: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-21">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.200 mike 617: <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.199 mike 618: <dd>In a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-19">head</a></code> element of an <a href="dom.html#html-documents" id="html-documents-17" title="HTML documents">HTML document</a>, if there are no ancestor <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-7">noscript</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.360 mike 619: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content-22">phrasing content</a> is expected in <a href="dom.html#html-documents" id="html-documents-18">HTML documents</a>, if there are no ancestor <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-8">noscript</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.11 mike 620: <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.319 mike 621: <dd>When <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-noscript" title='Read about this "scripting is disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is disabled</a>, in a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-20">head</a></code> element: in any order, zero or more <code><a href="semantics.html#the-link-element" id="link-23">link</a></code> elements, zero or more <code><a href="semantics.html#the-style-element" id="style-28">style</a></code> elements, and zero or more <code><a href="semantics.html#meta" id="meta-28">meta</a></code> elements.</dd>
1.199 mike 622: <dd>When <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-noscript" title='Read about this "scripting is disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is disabled</a>, not in a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-21">head</a></code> element: <a href="content-models.html#transparent" id="transparent-1">transparent</a>, but there must be no <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-9">noscript</a></code> element descendants.</dd>
1.11 mike 623: <dd>Otherwise: text that conforms to the requirements given in the prose.</dd>
624: <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.154 mike 625: <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes-8">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.11 mike 626: <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
1.154 mike 627: <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement-15">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
1.188 mike 628: </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-10">noscript</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> nothing
1.160 mike 629: if <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-script" title='Read about this "scripting is enabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is enabled</a>, and
630: <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> its children if <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-noscript" title='Read about this "scripting is disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is disabled</a>. It is used
1.11 mike 631: to present different markup to user agents that support scripting
632: and those that don't support scripting, by affecting how the
1.158 mike 633: document is parsed.<p>When used in <a href="dom.html#html-documents" id="html-documents-19">HTML documents</a>, the allowed content
1.199 mike 634: model is as follows:<dl><dt>In a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-22">head</a></code> element, if <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-noscript" title='Read about this "scripting is disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is disabled</a> for the
1.188 mike 635: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-11">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
1.154 mike 636:
1.188 mike 637: <dd><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-12">noscript</a></code> element must contain only
1.319 mike 638: <code><a href="semantics.html#the-link-element" id="link-24">link</a></code>, <code><a href="semantics.html#the-style-element" id="style-29">style</a></code>, and <code><a href="semantics.html#meta" id="meta-29">meta</a></code>
1.158 mike 639: elements.</dd>
1.11 mike 640:
1.199 mike 641: <dt>In a <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-23">head</a></code> element, if <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-script" title='Read about this "scripting is enabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is enabled</a> for the
1.188 mike 642: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-13">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
1.11 mike 643:
1.188 mike 644: <dd><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-14">noscript</a></code> element must contain only text,
1.160 mike 645: except that invoking the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/the-end.html#html-fragment-parsing-algorithm" title='Read about this "HTML fragment parsing algorithm" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>HTML fragment parsing
1.12 mike 646: algorithm</a> <!-- (which disables <script type="text/javascript"> execution) --> with
1.188 mike 647: the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-15">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
1.319 mike 648: only of <code><a href="semantics.html#the-link-element" id="link-25">link</a></code>, <code><a href="semantics.html#the-style-element" id="style-30">style</a></code>, and
1.187 mike 649: <code><a href="semantics.html#meta" id="meta-30">meta</a></code> elements that would be conforming if they were
1.188 mike 650: children of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-16">noscript</a></code> element, and no <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/parsing.html#parse-error" title='Read about this "parse errors" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>parse errors</a>.</dd>
1.154 mike 651:
1.199 mike 652: <dt>Outside of <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-24">head</a></code> elements, if <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-noscript" title='Read about this "scripting is disabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is disabled</a> for the
1.188 mike 653: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-17">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
1.154 mike 654:
1.188 mike 655: <dd><p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-18">noscript</a></code> element's content model is
1.154 mike 656: <a href="content-models.html#transparent" id="transparent-2">transparent</a>, with the additional restriction that a
1.188 mike 657: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-19">noscript</a></code> element must not have a <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-20">noscript</a></code>
658: element as an ancestor (that is, <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-21">noscript</a></code> can't be
1.158 mike 659: nested).</dd>
1.11 mike 660:
1.199 mike 661: <dt>Outside of <code><a href="semantics.html#the-head-element-0" id="head-25">head</a></code> elements, if <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/webappapis.html#concept-n-script" title='Read about this "scripting is enabled" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting is enabled</a> for the
1.188 mike 662: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-22">noscript</a></code> element</dt>
1.11 mike 663:
664: <dd>
665:
1.188 mike 666: <p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-23">noscript</a></code> element must contain only text,
1.11 mike 667: except that the text must be such that running the following
668: algorithm results in a conforming document with no
1.319 mike 669: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-24">noscript</a></code> elements and no <code><a href="#script" id="script-24">script</a></code>
1.11 mike 670: elements, and such that no step in the algorithm causes an
1.160 mike 671: <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/parsing.html#html-parser" title='Read about this "HTML parser" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>HTML parser</a> to flag a <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/parsing.html#parse-error" title='Read about this "parse error" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>parse error</a>:</p>
1.11 mike 672:
1.319 mike 673: <ol><li>Remove every <code><a href="#script" id="script-25">script</a></code> element from the
1.11 mike 674: document.</li>
675:
1.188 mike 676: <li>Make a list of every <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-25">noscript</a></code> element in the
677: document. For every <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-26">noscript</a></code> element in that list,
1.11 mike 678: perform the following steps:
679:
680: <ol><li>Let the <var title="">parent element</var> be the parent
1.188 mike 681: element of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-27">noscript</a></code> element.</li>
1.11 mike 682:
683: <li>Take all the children of the <var title="">parent element</var>
1.188 mike 684: that come before the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-28">noscript</a></code> element, and call these
1.11 mike 685: elements <var title="">the before children</var>.</li>
686:
687: <li>Take all the children of the <var title="">parent element</var>
1.188 mike 688: that come <em>after</em> the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-29">noscript</a></code> element, and
1.11 mike 689: call these elements <var title="">the after children</var>.</li>
690:
691: <li>Let <var title="">s</var> be the concatenation of all the
1.363 mike 692: <a href="infrastructure.html#text-node" id="text-node-12">text node</a> children of the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-30">noscript</a></code>
1.11 mike 693: element.</li>
694:
1.154 mike 695: <li>Set the <code title="dom-innerHTML"><a href="apis-in-html-documents.html#dom-innerhtml" id="innerhtml-4">innerHTML</a></code>
1.11 mike 696: attribute of the <var title="">parent element</var> to the value
697: of <var title="">s</var>. (This, as a side-effect, causes the
1.188 mike 698: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-31">noscript</a></code> element to be removed from the
1.11 mike 699: document.)</li>
700:
701: <li>Insert <var title="">the before children</var> at the start of
702: the <var title="">parent element</var>, preserving their original
703: relative order.</li>
704:
705: <li>Insert <var title="">the after children</var> at the end of the
706: <var title="">parent element</var>, preserving their original
707: relative order.</li>
708:
709: </ol></li>
710:
711: </ol></dd>
712:
713: </dl><p class="note">All these contortions are required because, for
1.188 mike 714: historical reasons, the <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-32">noscript</a></code> element is handled
1.160 mike 715: differently by the <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/parsing.html#html-parser" title='Read about this "HTML parser" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>HTML parser</a> based on whether <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/parsing.html#scripting-flag" title='Read about this "scripting was enabled or not" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>scripting was enabled or not</a> when the
1.239 mike 716: parser was invoked.<p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-33">noscript</a></code> element must not be used in <a href="dom.html#xml-documents" id="xml-documents-19">XML
1.188 mike 717: documents</a>.<p class="note"><strong>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-34">noscript</a></code> element is only
1.154 mike 718: effective in <a href="syntax.html#syntax" id="the-html-syntax-2">the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in
1.158 mike 719: <a href="the-xhtml-syntax.html#the-xhtml-syntax">the XHTML syntax</a>.</strong><div class="example">
1.11 mike 720:
1.188 mike 721: <p>In the following example, a <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-35">noscript</a></code> element is
1.11 mike 722: used to provide fallback for a script.</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: <script>
730: var x = document.getElementById('x');
731: var output = document.createElement('p');
732: output.textContent = 'Type a number; it will be squared right then!';
733: x.form.appendChild(output);
734: x.form.onsubmit = function () { return false; }
735: x.oninput = function () {
736: var v = x.valueAsNumber;
737: output.textContent = v + ' squared is ' + v * v;
738: };
739: </script>
740: <noscript>
741: <input type=submit value="Calculate Square">
742: </noscript>
743: </form></pre>
744:
745: <p>When script is disabled, a button appears to do the calculation
746: on the server side. When script is enabled, the value is computed
747: on-the-fly instead.</p>
748:
1.188 mike 749: <p>The <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-36">noscript</a></code> element is a blunt
1.11 mike 750: instrument. Sometimes, scripts might be enabled, but for some
751: reason the page's script might fail. For this reason, it's
1.188 mike 752: generally better to avoid using <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-37">noscript</a></code>, and to
1.11 mike 753: instead design the script to change the page from being a
754: scriptless page to a scripted page on the fly, as in the next
755: example:</p>
756:
757: <pre><form action="calcSquare.php">
758: <p>
759: <label for=x>Number</label>:
760: <input id="x" name="x" type="number">
761: </p>
762: <strong><input id="submit" type=submit value="Calculate Square"></strong>
763: <script>
764: var x = document.getElementById('x');
765: var output = document.createElement('p');
766: output.textContent = 'Type a number; it will be squared right then!';
767: x.form.appendChild(output);
768: x.form.onsubmit = function () { return false; }
769: x.oninput = function () {
770: var v = x.valueAsNumber;
771: output.textContent = v + ' squared is ' + v * v;
772: };
773: <strong> var submit = document.getElementById('submit');
774: submit.parentNode.removeChild(submit);</strong>
775: </script>
776: </form></pre>
777:
778: <p>The above technique is also useful in XHTML, since
1.188 mike 779: <code><a href="#the-noscript-element" id="noscript-38">noscript</a></code> is not supported in <a href="the-xhtml-syntax.html#the-xhtml-syntax">the XHTML
1.11 mike 780: syntax</a>.</p>
781:
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