: The Noscript element

The <noscript> HTML element defines a section of HTML to be inserted if a script type on the page is unsupported or if scripting is currently turned off in the browser.

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Examples

html

<noscript>
  <!-- anchor linking to external file -->
  <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/">External Link</a>
</noscript>
<p>Rocks!</p>

Result with scripting enabled

Rocks!

Result with scripting disabled

External Link

Rocks!

Usage notes

The <noscript> element represents its children differently depending on if scripting is enabled:

If scripting is disabled the <noscript> element represents its children as HTML content.
If scripting is enabled, the <noscript> element represents its children as text.

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#metadata_content" >Metadata content</a >, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content" >flow content</a >, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#phrasing_content" >phrasing content</a >. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td> When scripting is disabled and when it is a descendant of the {{HTMLElement("head")}} element: in any order, zero or more {{HTMLElement("link")}} elements, zero or more {{HTMLElement("style")}} elements, and zero or more {{HTMLElement("meta")}} elements. When scripting is disabled and when it isn't a descendant of the {{HTMLElement("head")}} element: any <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#transparent_content_model" >transparent content</a >, but no <code><noscript></code> element must be among its descendants. Otherwise: flow content or phrasing content. </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#phrasing_content" >phrasing content</a >, if there are no ancestor <code><noscript></code> element, or in a {{HTMLElement("head")}} element (but only for an HTML document), here again if there are no ancestor <code><noscript></code> element. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td> <a href="https://w3c.github.io/html-aria/#dfn-no-corresponding-role" >No corresponding role</a > </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td>No <code>role</code> permitted</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td>{{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>