The preload keyword for the rel attribute of the <link> element indicates the user is highly likely to require the target resource for the current navigation, and therefore the browser must preemptively fetch and cache the resource.
See Preloading content with rel="preload" for more details.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'preload' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
preload | Chrome Full support 50 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox
No support
56 — 57
| IE ? | Opera Full support 37 | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support 50 | Chrome Android Full support 50 | Firefox Android
No support
56 — 57
| Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.