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HTML Tags

The document defines HTML tags and their purposes. It is organized into sections covering basic tags, formatting tags, forms and inputs, images, audio/video, links, lists, tables, and styles and semantics. Each section lists tags and provides a brief description of their function.

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HTML Tags

The document defines HTML tags and their purposes. It is organized into sections covering basic tags, formatting tags, forms and inputs, images, audio/video, links, lists, tables, and styles and semantics. Each section lists tags and provides a brief description of their function.

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dapo aladdin
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
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Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
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BASIC HTML TAGS

Tag Description

<!DOCTYPE> Defines the document type

<html> Defines an HTML document

<head> Contains metadata/information for the


document

<title> Defines a title for the document

<body> Defines the document's body

<h1> to Defines HTML headings


<h6>

<p> Defines a paragraph

<br> Inserts a single line break

<hr> Defines a thematic change in the content


<!--...--> Defines a comment

FORMATTING TAGS

Tag Description

<abbr> Defines an abbreviation or an acronym

<address> Defines contact information for the


author/owner of a document/article

<b> Defines bold text

<big> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Defines big text

<blockquote> Defines a section that is quoted from another


source

<center> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Defines centered text
<cite> Defines the title of a work

<code> Defines a piece of computer code

<del> Defines text that has been deleted from a


document

<dfn> Specifies a term that is going to be defined


within the content

<em> Defines emphasized text

<font> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Defines font, color, and size for text

<i> Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or


mood

<ins> Defines a text that has been inserted into a


document

<kbd> Defines keyboard input

<mark> Defines marked/highlighted text


<meter> Defines a scalar measurement within a known
range (a gauge)

<pre> Defines preformatted text

<progress> Represents the progress of a task

<q> Defines a short quotation

<s> Defines text that is no longer correct

<samp> Defines sample output from a computer


program

<small> Defines smaller text

<strike> Defines strikethrough text

<strong> Defines important text

<sub> Defines subscripted text


<sup> Defines superscripted text

<template> Defines a container for content that should be


hidden when the page loads

<time> Defines a specific time (or datetime)

<tt> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Defines teletype text

<u> Defines some text that is unarticulated and


styled differently from normal text

<var> Defines a variable

<wbr> Defines a possible line-break

FORMS AND INPUT

Tag Description

<form> Defines an HTML form for


user input
<input> Defines an input control

<textarea> Defines a multiline input


control (text area)

<button> Defines a clickable button

<select> Defines a drop-down list

<optgroup> Defines a group of related


options in a drop-down list

<option> Defines an option in a drop-


down list

<label> Defines a label for an


<input> element

<fieldset> Groups related elements in a


form

<legend> Defines a caption for a


<fieldset> element

<datalist> Specifies a list of pre-defined


options for input controls

<output> Defines the result of a


calculation
Frames

Tag Description

<frame> Not supported in HTML5.


Defines a window (a frame)
in a frameset

<frameset> Not supported in HTML5.


Defines a set of frames

<noframes> Not supported in HTML5.


Defines an alternate content
for users that do not support
frames

<iframe> Defines an inline frame

IMAGES

Tag Description

<img> Defines an image

<map> Defines a client-side image map


<area> Defines an area inside an image map

<canvas> Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting


(usually JavaScript)

<figcaption Defines a caption for a <figure> element


>

<figure> Specifies self-contained content

<picture> Defines a container for multiple image


resources

<svg> Defines a container for SVG graphics

AUDIO / VIDEO

Tag Description

<audio> Defines sound content

<source> Defines multiple media


resources for media elements
(<video>, <audio> and
<picture>)
<track> Defines text tracks for media
elements (<video> and
<audio>)

<video> Defines a video or movie

LINKS

Tag Description

<a> Defines a hyperlink

<link> Defines the relationship between


a document and an external
resource (most used to link to
style sheets)

<nav> Defines navigation links

LISTS

Tag Description

<ul> Defines an unordered list

<ol> Defines an ordered list


<li> Defines a list item

<dl> Defines a description list

<dt> Defines a term/name in a description list

<dd> Defines a description of a term/name in a


description list

TABLES

Tag Description

<table> Defines a table

<caption> Defines a table caption

<th> Defines a header cell in a table

<tr> Defines a row in a table

<td> Defines a cell in a table


<thead> Groups the header content in a table

<tbody> Groups the body content in a table

<tfoot> Groups the footer content in a table

<col> Specifies column properties for each column


within a <colgroup> element

<colgroup Specifies a group of one or more columns in a


> table for formatting

STYLES AND SEMANTICS

Tag Description

<style> Defines style information for


a document

<div> Defines a section in a


document

<span> Defines a section in a


document

<header> Defines a header for a


document or section

<footer> Defines a footer for a


document or section

<main> Specifies the main content of


a document

<section> Defines a section in a


document

<article> Defines an article

<aside> Defines content aside from


the page content

<details> Defines additional details


that the user can view or
hide

<dialog> Defines a dialog box or


window

<summary> Defines a visible heading for


a <details> element

<data> Adds a machine-readable


translation of a given
content

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