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HTML

Posted by Abdul Khader
Abdul Khader
652 Points

why nav tag and header tag is used?

Without using nav tag and header tag the output is pretty same.Sorry if my question is silly. I m new to web development

3 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

Nav and Header are what are known at Semantics. Technically they perform the same function as a div tag.

They belong to the same group as article, aside, footer and section tags.

You could put footer content in a footer tag, your logo and other information in a header tag, and main content in your article tag. It just helps developers organise their pages better then just using endless div tags :-)

Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points
Sreng Hong
Sreng Hong
15,083 Points

nav and header tags are both html 5 tags. we know that the output is the same if we use div tags, but it'll be more semantic to use the html 5 tags.

Abdul Khader
Abdul Khader
652 Points

when exactly we need to use these tags??

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

The <nav> and the <header> serve different functions. The header can have various things in addition to navigation, such as a logo, a sign in menu, a notification icon.