Headings are represented in HTML
using heading elements. These range from h1
-h6
. Each heading is bold and has a different font size starting from h1
being the largest and h6
being the smallest.
Headings are used to separate portions of a webpage to improve navigation for the user. Headings of various fonts can allow us to use different headings for components such as titles, subtitles, sub-headings, and captions.
The syntax of the heading elements is as follows:
<h1> This is Heading 1 </h1>
We begin by opening the tags using the <>
sign. In between, we write the name of the element. It can range from h1
to h6
in our case. We then close the tags by using the </>
sign. Once again, we will place the name of our tag in between <>
and after the /
symbol. Any text written between these tags will appear as a heading. All other heading elements can be written in a similar manner:
<h2> This is Heading 2 </h2>
<h3> This is Heading 3 </h3>
<h4> This is Heading 4 </h4>
<h5> This is Heading 5 </h5>
<h6> This is Heading 6 </h6>
The following code snippet outputs each of the headings:
We can also use CSS
within the heading tags in order to style each heading. The syntax below shows how it can be done:
<h1> Heading </h1>
Inside the heading tags, we can add the style
command that allows an attribute and its value.
Attributes refer to characteristics of the heading. These include
background-color
,color
,text-align
font-size
etc.
A value is assigned to each attribute.
The code snippet below style each heading differently:
background-color
changes the background color of the heading.
text-align
positions the heading to either right, left, or center of the screen (as specified).
color
changes the font color of the heading.