HTML · Global attributes

id

A unique identifier for one element in the document. Used by CSS, labels, anchors and JavaScript.

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Syntax

id="unique-name"

Example

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<h2 id="pricing">Pricing</h2>
<a href="#pricing">Jump to pricing</a>

IDs must be unique. Duplicate IDs break label associations and querySelector.

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