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HTML 5  tag

Definition and Usage

The comment tag is used to insert a comment in the source code. A comment will be ignored by the browser. You can use comments to explain your code, which can help you when you edit the source code at a later date.

You can also store program-specific information inside comments. In this case they will not be visible for the user, but they are still available to the program. A good practice is to comment the text inside the script and style elements to prevent older browsers, that do not support scripting or styles, from showing it as plain text.

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML 5

NONE

Example

Source	Output
<!--This text is a comment--> <p>This is a regular paragraph</p>	This is a regular paragraph

Attributes: NONE

Demos

Hidden comments
How to insert a hidden comment in the source code.