HTML defer attribute
defer
The purpose of the HTML defer attribute is to tell the user agent to defer the execution of a script.
Most of the modern browsers don't support this attribute.
Supported elements
HTML defer attribute supports script element.
Syntax
<script type="script_type" defer >.....</script>
Type of value
defer.
Value
NA.
Default value
There is no default value of HTML defer attribute.
Supported doctypes
HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.
Example of HTML defer attribute with script
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML defer attribute with script</title>
<script type="text/javascript" defer>
function w3r (){
document.write("this is an example of defer attribute")
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="w3r()" >
<p>This is an example of HTML defer attribute. </p>
</body>
</html>
Result
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Example of HTML defer attribute with script.
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