What is the <aside> element in HTML?
The <aside> tag is used to write content that is not directly related to the main content. It acts like a side-note.
It is often placed on the side of the main content and can be styled using CSS.
Syntax
<aside> The indirectly related content goes here </aside>
Example
The code snippet below shows how the <aside> tag can be used in HTML. The example below shows that the <h1> behaves differently in the body and in the <aside> tag. This is because the browsers consider it not directly related to the web page’s main content.
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