<footer> HTML footer element
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The <footer> HTML element represents a footer for its nearest ancestor sectioning content or sectioning root element. A <footer> typically contains information about the author of the section, copyright data or links to related documents.
Try it
<article>
<h1>How to be a wizard</h1>
<ol>
<li>Grow a long, majestic beard.</li>
<li>Wear a tall, pointed hat.</li>
<li>Have I mentioned the beard?</li>
</ol>
<footer>
<p>© 2018 Gandalf</p>
</footer>
</article>
article {
min-height: 100%;
display: grid;
grid-template-rows: auto 1fr auto;
}
footer {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #45a1ff;
color: white;
}
Attributes
This element only includes the global attributes.
Usage notes
- Enclose information about the author in an
<address>element that can be included into the<footer>element. - When the nearest ancestor sectioning content or sectioning root element is the body element the footer applies to the whole page.
- The
<footer>element is not sectioning content and therefore doesn't introduce a new section in the outline.
Accessibility
Prior to the release of Safari 13, the contentinfo landmark role was not properly exposed by VoiceOver. If needing to support legacy Safari browsers, add role="contentinfo" to the footer element to ensure the landmark will be properly exposed.
Examples
html
<body>
<h3>FIFA World Cup top goalscorers</h3>
<ol>
<li>Miroslav Klose, 16</li>
<li>Ronaldo Nazário, 15</li>
<li>Gerd Müller, 14</li>
</ol>
<footer>
<small>
Copyright © 2023 Football History Archives. All Rights Reserved.
</small>
</footer>
</body>
css
footer {
text-align: center;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #abbaba;
color: black;
}
Technical summary
| Content categories | Flow content, palpable content. |
|---|---|
| Permitted content |
Flow content, but with no <footer> or
<header> descendants.
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| Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
| Permitted parents |
Any element that accepts
flow content. Note that a <footer> element must not be a
descendant of an <address>,
<header> or another
<footer> element.
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| Implicit ARIA role |
contentinfo, or
generic
if a descendant of an
article,
aside,
main,
nav or
section element, or
an element with
article,
complementary,
main,
navigation
or
region role
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| Permitted ARIA roles |
group, presentation or
none
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| DOM interface | HTMLElement |
Specifications
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