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    HTML Element Reference

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    HTML Element Reference

    Basic HTML

    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 <h6> Defines HTML headings

    <p> Defines a paragraph

    <br> Inserts a single line break

    <hr> Defines a thematic change in the content


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

    Formatting

    Tag Description

    <acronym> Not supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead.


    Defines an acronym

    <abbr> Defines an abbreviation or an acronym

    <address> Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document/article

    <b> Defines bold text

    <bdi> Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from o
    outside it

    <bdo> Overrides the current text direction

    <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

    <rp> Defines what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations

    <rt> Defines an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typograph

    <ruby> Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)

    <s> Defines text that is no longer correct

    <samp> Defines sample output from a computer program

    <small> Defines smaller text

    <strike> Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead.


    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 te

    <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> an
    <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 (mos
    link to style sheets)

    <nav> Defines navigation links


    Lists

    Tag Description

    <menu> Defines an alternative unordered list

    <ul> Defines an unordered list

    <ol> Defines an ordered list

    <li> Defines a list item

    <dir> Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead.


    Defines a directory list

    <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

    <hgroup> Defines a header and related content

    <footer> Defines a footer for a document or section

    <main> Specifies the main content of a document

    <section> Defines a section in a document

    <search> Defines a search section

    <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

    Meta Info

    Tag Description

    <head> Defines information about the document

    <meta> Defines metadata about an HTML document

    <base> Specifies the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document

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


    Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document

    Programming

    Tag Description

    <script> Defines a client-side script


    <noscript> Defines an alternate content for users that do not support client-side scripts

    <applet> Not supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or <object> instead.


    Defines an embedded applet

    <embed> Defines a container for an external (non-HTML) application

    <object> Defines an embedded object

    <param> Defines a parameter for an object

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