: The Footer element

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.

html

<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>

css

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 {{HTMLElement("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.

Related: WebKit Bugzilla: 146930 – AX: HTML native elements (header, footer, main, aside, nav) should work the same as ARIA landmarks, sometimes they don't

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

<table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories">Content categories</a> </th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>, palpable content. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>, but with no <code><footer></code> or {{HTMLElement("header")}} descendants. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td> Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content">flow content</a>. Note that a <code><footer></code> element must not be a descendant of an {{HTMLElement("address")}}, {{HTMLElement("header")}} or another <code><footer></code> element. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/contentinfo_role">contentinfo</a>, or <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/generic_role">generic</a> if a descendant of an <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/article">article</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/aside">aside</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/main">main</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/nav">nav</a> or <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/section">section</a> element, or an element with <code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/article_role">article</a></code>, <code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/complementary_role">complementary</a></code>, <code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/main_role">main</a></code>, <code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/navigation_role">navigation</a></code> or <code><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/region_role">region</a></code> role </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/group_role"><code>group</code></a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/presentation_role"><code>presentation</code></a> or <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Reference/Roles/none_role"><code>none</code></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td>{{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Attributes

Usage notes

Accessibility

Examples

Technical summary

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also