Study Guide: HyperText Markup Language->Tag List
Tag List
The following is a list of all elements in HTML 4, in alphabetical order. TODO for the guide: update list for HTML5 Click on a element for its description. XHTML 1.0 has the same elements but the attributes differ slightly.
The official list of current standard elements is at Index of the HTML 5 Elements.
You can also view a list of standard attributes
- a
- abbr
- acronym - in most instances use
abbrinstead. See The Accessibility Hat Trick: Getting Abbreviations Right for some advice on using these elements. - address
- (applet - deprecated, use
objectinstead.) - area
- b - use
strongor the CSS propertyfont-weightset to the valueboldinstead. - base
- (basefont - deprecated, set the CSS property
fonton thebodyelement instead.) - bdo
- bgsound Used for inserting background sounds.
- big - the CSS property
font-sizeset to the valuelargeror a percentage greater than 100% may be more appropriate. - blink used to make the text blink (Depreciated).
- blockquote
- body Identifies the main content of a Web Page.
- br - use the
pelement for paragraphs. Use the CSS propertiesmarginandpaddingto increase or decrease the space between paragraphs. Consider using structured elements such as lists or tables instead. - button
- caption
- (center - deprecated, use a
divelement instead and set the CSS propertytext-alignto the valuecenter.) - cite
- code
- col
- colgroup
- dd
- del
- dfn
- (dir - deprecated, use
ul.) - div
- dl
- dt
- em
- fieldset
- (font - deprecated, use the CSS property
font. For finer control use the CSS propertiesfont-style,font-variant,font-weight,font-size,line-heightandfont-family.) - form Creates a form.
- frame Specifies information for one frame.
- frameset - avoid using frames if possible.
- head Contains information about a Web Page.
- hr
- html
- h1
- h2
- h3
- h4
- h5
- h6
- i - use
emor the CSS propertyfont-styleset to the valueitalicinstead. - iframe
- img
- input
- ins
- (isindex - deprecated, use
input.) - kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- link
- map
- (menu - deprecated, use
ul.) - meta
- nobr is a proprietary element type supported by some web browsers. It is used to prevent automatic wrapping of lines.
- noframes
- noscript Specifies what should be done if there is no javascript found on the browser.
- object
- ol
- optgroup
- option
- p
- param
- pre
- q
- (s - deprecated, use
delto indicate deleted text. If the text isn't 'deleted' use the CSS propertytext-decorationset to the valueline-through.) - samp
- script
- select
- small - the CSS property
font-sizeset to the valuesmalleror a percentage less than 100% may be more appropriate. - span
- (strike - deprecated, use
delto indicate deleted text. If the text isn't 'deleted' use the CSS propertytext-decorationset to the valueline-through.) - strong
- style
- sub
- sup
- table
- tbody
- td
- textarea
- tfoot
- th
- thead
- title
- tr
- tt
- (u - deprecated, use the CSS property
text-decorationset to the valueunderlineinstead.) - ul
- var
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