HTML <script> charset attribute
 HTML <script> tag
Example
Define the character encoding used in a linked script file:
<script type="text/javascript" src="myscripts.js"
charset="UTF-8"></script>
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Definition and Usage
The charset attribute specifies the character encoding used in an external
script file (referred to by the
src attribute).
The charset attribute is used when the character encoding in an external
script file differs from the encoding in the main file.
The default character encoding is ISO-8859-1.
Browser Support
The charset attribute is supported in all major browsers.
Syntax
Attribute Values
| Value |
Description |
| character_encoding |
The character encoding of an external script file.
Some common values:
- "ISO-8859-1" - Standard encoding for the Latin alphabet
- "UTF-8" - Character encoding for Unicode. Compatible with ASCII
Look at
our Character-sets reference
for a complete list of character sets.
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HTML <script> tag
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