# `<navtitle>`

The navigation title (`<navtitle>`) element is one of a set of alternate titles that can be included inside the `<titlealts>` element. This navigation title may differ from the first level heading that shows in the main browser window. Use `<navtitle>` when the actual title of the topic isn't appropriate for use in a table of contents, navigation pane, or online content (for example, because the actual title is too long). Beginning with DITA 1.2, the `<navtitle>` element is also available in the `<topicmeta>` element in a `<topicref>` in a map, and its use is preferred over the `<topicref>` element's `@navtitle` attribute.

Category: Basic topic elements