The <title> tag defines the title of an HTML/XHTML document that is displayed in the browser tab or window title. It provides a title for adding the page to favorites and displays the title in search engine results. The <title> tag is required in all HTML/XHTML documents and supports attributes like dir, lang, and xml:lang to specify text direction and language, but does not support any event attributes.

1. Ryan Hamahashi
HTML Tag
Web Design

2. Title Tag
Definition
• The <title> tag defines the title of the
document.

3. The <title> element is required in all
HTML/XHTML documents.

4. Usage of Title
• defines a title in the browser toolbar
• provides a title for the page when it is added
to favorites
• displays a title for the page in search-engine
results

5. Attributes
• DTD indicates in which HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0
DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict,
T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

6. Other Attributes
Specifies the text
rtl direction for the
dir STF
ltr content in an
element
Specifies a language
code for the
lang language_code STF
content in an
element
Specifies a language
code for the
xml:lang language_code content in an STF
element, in XHTML
documents

7. • The <title> tag does not support any event
attributes.

8. Examples
<title>Home</title>

9. Example
<title>Google</title>

10. Conclusion
• In conclusion all websites or any type of web
based company that is created has to have a
TITLE tag to represent there name.