HTML Tag Reference
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<!--...--> Overrides the current text
Defines a comment direction
<!DOCTYPE> <big>
Defines the document type Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS
<a> instead.
Defines a hyperlink Defines big text
<abbr> <blockquote>
Defines an abbreviation Defines a section that is quoted
<acronym> from another source
Not supported in HTML5. Use <body>
<abbr> instead. Defines the document's body
Defines an acronym <br>
<address> Defines a single line break
Defines contact information for <button>
the author/owner of a document Defines a clickable button
<applet> <canvas>
Not supported in HTML5. Use Used to draw graphics, on the fly,
<object> instead. via scripting (usually JavaScript)
Defines an embedded applet <caption>
<area> Defines a table caption
Defines an area inside an image- <center>
map Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS
<article> instead.
Defines an article Defines centered text
<aside> <cite>
Defines content aside from the Defines the title of a work
page content <code>
<audio> Defines a piece of computer code
Defines sound content <col>
<b> Specifies column properties for
Defines bold text each column within a <colgroup>
<base> element
Specifies the base URL/target for <colgroup>
all relative URLs in a document Specifies a group of one or more
<basefont> columns in a table for formatting
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS <datalist>
instead. Specifies a list of pre-defined
Specifies a default color, size, and options for input controls
font for all text in a document <dd>
<bdi> Defines a description/value of a
Isolates a part of text that might term in a description list
be formatted in a different <del>
direction from other text outside it Defines text that has been deleted
<bdo> from a document
<details> Defines a thematic change in the
Defines additional details that the content
user can view or hide <html>
<dfn> Defines the root of an HTML
Defines a definition term document
<dialog> <i>
Defines a dialog box or window Defines a part of text in an
<dir> alternate voice or mood
Not supported in HTML5. Use <iframe>
<ul> instead. Defines an inline frame
Defines a directory list <img>
<div> Defines an image
Defines a section in a document <input>
<dl> Defines an input control
Defines a description list <ins>
<dt> Defines a text that has been
Defines a term/name in a inserted into a document
description list <kbd>
<em> Defines keyboard input
Defines emphasized text <keygen>
<embed> Defines a key-pair generator field
Defines a container for an external (for forms)
(non-HTML) application <label>
<fieldset> Defines a label for an <input>
Groups related elements in a form element
<figcaption> <legend>
Defines a caption for a <figure> Defines a caption for a <fieldset>
element element
<figure> <li>
Specifies self-contained content Defines a list item
<font> <link>
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS Defines the relationship between a
instead. document and an external
Defines font, color, and size for resource (most used to link to
text style sheets)
<footer> <main>
Defines a footer for a document or Specifies the main content of a
section document
<form> <map>
Defines an HTML form for user Defines a client-side image-map
input <mark>
<frame> Defines marked/highlighted text
Not supported in HTML5. <menu>
Defines a window (a frame) in a Defines a list/menu of commands
frameset <meta>
<frameset> Defines metadata about an HTML
Not supported in HTML5. document
Defines a set of frames <meter>
<h1> to <h6> Defines a scalar measurement
Defines HTML headings within a known range (a gauge)
<head> <nav>
Defines information about the Defines navigation links
document <noframes>
<header> Not supported in HTML5.
Defines a header for a document Defines an alternate content for
or section users that do not support frames
<hr> <noscript>
Defines an alternate content for Not supported in HTML5. Use
users that do not support client- <del> instead.
side scripts Defines strikethrough text
<object> <strong>
Defines an embedded object Defines important text
<ol> <style>
Defines an ordered list Defines style information for a
<optgroup> document
Defines a group of related options <sub>
in a drop-down list Defines subscripted text
<option> <summary>
Defines an option in a drop-down Defines a visible heading for a
list <details> element
<output> <sup>
Defines the result of a calculation Defines superscripted text
<p> <table>
Defines a paragraph Defines a table
<param> <tbody>
Defines a parameter for an object Groups the body content in a table
<pre> <td>
Defines preformatted text Defines a cell in a table
<progress> <textarea>
Represents the progress of a task Defines a multiline input control
<q> (text area)
Defines a short quotation <tfoot>
<rp> Groups the footer content in a
Defines what to show in browsers table
that do not support ruby <th>
annotations Defines a header cell in a table
<rt> <thead>
Defines an explanation/ Groups the header content in a
pronunciation of characters (for table
East Asian typography) <time>
<ruby> Defines a date/time
Defines a ruby annotation (for <title>
East Asian typography) Defines a title for the document
<s> <tr>
Defines text that is no longer Defines a row in a table
correct <track>
<samp> Defines text tracks for media
Defines sample output from a elements (<video> and <audio>)
computer program <tt>
<script> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS
Defines a client-side script instead.
<section> Defines teletype text
Defines a section in a document <u>
<select> Defines text that should be
Defines a drop-down list stylistically different from normal
<small> text
Defines smaller text <ul>
<source> Defines an unordered list
Defines multiple media resources <var>
for media elements (<video> and Defines a variable
<audio>) <video>
<span> Defines a video or movie
Defines a section in a document <wbr>
<strike> Defines a possible line-break
