HyperText Markup Language/Tag List

The following is a list of all elements in HTML 4, in alphabetical order. TODO for the book: 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 Elementshttp://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/elements.html. You can also view a list of standard attributes a abbr acronym – in most instances use abbr instead. See The Accessibility Hat Trick: Getting Abbreviations Right for some advice on using these elements. address (applet – deprecated, use object instead.) area b – use strong or the CSS property font-weight set to the value bold instead. base (basefont – deprecated, set the CSS property font on the body element instead.) bdo bgsound Used for inserting background sounds. big – the CSS property font-size set to the value larger or 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 p element for paragraphs. Use the CSS properties margin and padding to increase or decrease the space between paragraphs. Consider using structured elements such as lists or tables instead. button caption (center – deprecated, use a div element instead and set the CSS property text-align to the value center.) 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 properties font-style, font-variant, font-weight, font-size, line-height and font-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 em or the CSS property font-style set to the value italic instead. 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 del to indicate deleted text. If the text isn't 'deleted' use the CSS property text-decoration set to the value line-through.) samp script select small – the CSS property font-size set to the value smaller or a percentage less than 100% may be more appropriate. span (strike – deprecated, use del to indicate deleted text. If the text isn't 'deleted' use the CSS property text-decoration set to the value line-through.) strong style sub sup table tbody td textarea tfoot th thead title tr tt (u – deprecated, use the CSS property text-decoration set to the value underline instead.) ul var References