How to Show a Title in JavaScript
JavaScript is a popular web programming platform used for making a variety of different websites. It utilizes its own code library in addition to standard web programming codes such as HTML. Getting a title to show in JavaScript involves the use of program tags. A tag is a word or phrase lead by a "<" symbol and ended with a ">" symbol that issues a programming command. Titles can be displayed using the "<TITLE>" tag.
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Instructions
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Open the JavaScript file you would like to show a title in using a text editor.
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Add an "<HTML>" tag to the top of the page if there isn't already one there.
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Add a "<HEAD>" tag underneath the "<HTML>" tag. Together, the tags look like this:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
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Add a "<TITLE>" tag, followed by the title you want to show and a closed "</TITLE>" tag, for example:
<TITLE>My page title</TITLE>
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Add the code to call up JavaScript:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE = JavaScript>
alert(document.title)
</SCRIPT>
Steps 2 through 5 together should appear like this:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My page title</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE = JavaScript>
alert(document.title)
</SCRIPT>
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Add any other code or script you wish and save the file. The title will now be displayed.
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