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Meta content Property

Meta Object

Definition and Usage

The content property sets or returns the value of the content attribute of a meta element.

The content attribute specifies the content of the meta information.

Note: The available values of this property depends on the value of the name and the httpEquiv properties.

Syntax

Set the content property:

linkObject.content="text"

Return the content property:

linkObject.content

Browser Support

The content property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Display the value of the content attribute of all meta elements:

<html>
<head>
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML, DHTML, CSS, XHTML, JavaScript">
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials">
<meta name="author" content="Hege Refsnes">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">

<script>
function displayResult()
{
var x=document.getElementsByTagName("meta");
var txt="";
for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
txt=txt+"Content of "+(i+1)+". meta tag: "+x[i].content+"<br>";
}
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML=txt;
}
</script>

</head>
<body>

<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Display Meta Content</button>

<p id="result"></p>

</body>
</html>

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Meta Object