Meta content Property

Example

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

var x = document.getElementsByTagName("META");
var txt = "";
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
txt = txt + "Content of "+(i+1)+". meta tag: "+x[i].content+"<br>";
}

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Description

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.

Browser Support

Property
content	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the content property:

metaObject.content

Set the content property:

metaObject.content = text

Value	Description
text	The content of the meta information

Return Value

Type	Description
String	The value of the content attribute of the meta element

More Examples

Example

Change the value of the content attribute of the third meta element (index 2) in head:

document.getElementsByTagName("META")[2].content = "Bill Mosley";

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❮ Meta Object