HTML 5: The Markup Language (ARIA Edition)

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meta http-equiv=default-style – “preferred stylesheet” pragma directive # T

The meta element with a http-equiv attribute whose value is "default-style" represents a pragma directive that specifies the document’s preferred stylesheet.

Content model #

meta.http-equiv.default-style = empty & meta.http-equiv.default-style.attrs

Attribute model #

meta.http-equiv.default-style.attrs = common.attrs & http-equiv.default-style & content.default-style

Element-specific attributes #

http-equiv = "default-style"
Indicates that the meta element is a pragma directive that specifies the document’s preferred stylesheet.
content = default-style
Specifies the name of the document’s preferred stylesheet. The name must meet either of the following sets of constraints:
  • The name must match the value of the title attribute on a link element in the same document, and that link element must have an href attribute that references the location of a CSS stylesheet.
  • The name must match the value of the title attribute on a style element in the same document, and the contents of that element must be a CSS stylesheet.

Tag omission #

The meta element is a void element. A meta element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

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