HTML5 | <aside> Tag - Tutorialspoint.dev

The <aside> tag is used to describe the main object of the web page in a shorter way like a highlighter. It basically identifies the content that is related to the primary content of the web page but does not constitute the main intent of the primary page. The <aside> tag contains mainly author information, links, related content and so on.

<aside> Vs <div>: Both tags have same behavior with different meaning.

<div>: It define or create division or section in the web page.
<aside>: It dones the same job by creating section or division but it conntains only the content that is related to the main web page.

The <aside> tags makes easy to design the page and it enhances clarity of html document. It let us easily recognize the main text and subordinate text. In both the time <div> and <aside> need CSS to specific design. The <aside> tag supports Global attributes and Event attributes in HTML.

Note: The <aside> tag is new in HTML5.

Syntax:

<aside>
  <h3>Contents...</h3>
  <p>Contents...</p>
</aside>

Example:

<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>aside tag</title> 
        <style> 
        .gfg { 
            font-size:30px; 
        } 
            h1 { 
                font-size:40px; 
                color:#090; 
                font-weight:bold; 
            } 
            p { 
                font-size:20px; 
                margin:20px 0; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <div class = "gfg">Aside Tag Example</div> 
        <aside> 
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
            <p>A computer science portal for geeks</p>  
        </aside> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

/div>

Output:
aside tag

<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>aside tag</title> 
        <style> 
            .gfg { 
                font-size:40px; 
                color:#090; 
                font-weight:bold; 
                text-align:center; 
                margin-bottom:20px; 
            } 
            article { 
                width: 50%; 
                float: left; 
                padding:10px; 
                float:left; 
            } 
            aside { 
                float:right; 
                width: 40%; 
                float: right; 
                background-color: green; 
                color: white; 
                padding:5px;  
                margin:10px; 
                height:100px; 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <div class = "gfg">GeeksgorGeeks</div> 
        <article> 
            <h1>Heading . . .</h1> 
            <p>Aside tag is use to display important information 
             about the primary page.</p> 
        </article> 
        <aside> 
            <h1>Aside tag example</h1> 
            <p>Aside tag content. . .</p>  
        </aside> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Browser Supports: The browsers which support aside tag are:

Google chrome 6.0 and above
Internet Explorer 9.0 and above
Mozilla 4.0 and above
Safari 5.0 and above
Opera 11.1 and above

HTML5 | <aside> Tag

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