HTML Element Tag List - by function

[Sort alphabetically] [Basic HTML templates]

Required on every page. No separate closing tag.
Deprecated, no longer used.

Overall Document Structure

<!DOCTYPE> document type; determines which tags are legal for the document
<html> html document
<head> document instructions and information
<title> document title (displays in browser's Title Bar)
<body> the visible part of a document

Structural Block elements (provide structure to page)

<blockquote> long block quotation
<br> single line break
<del> deleted text (can also be used inline)
<div> generic division of a document
<h1> to <h6> headers 1 to 6 (1 is most important)
<hr> horizontal rule
<ins> inserted text (can also be used inline)
<p> paragraph

Inline elements (format or provide information about data)

<a> anchor
<address> address element, identifies contact information
<b> bold text
<bdo> bidirectional override, direction of text display
<big> big text
<i> italic text
<q> short inline quotation
<small> small text
<span> generic text markup
<sub> subscript
<sup> superscript
<tt> teletype or monospaced text
<pre> preformatted text

Phrase elements (add structural information to text fragments)

<abbr> abbreviation
<acronym> acronym
<cite> citation or reference to another source
<code> computer input code
<dfn> definition term
<em> emphasized text
<kbd> text to be typed
<samp> sample computer output
<strong> stronger emphasized text
<var> variable or program argument

Images

<img> image or graphic (must be .jpg, .gif, or .png format only)
<area> client-side image map area
<map> image map

Forms

<button> form button
<fieldset> fieldset
<form> form
<input> input field
<label> label for a form element
<legend> title in a fieldset
<optgroup> option group
<option> option in a drop-down list
<select> selectable list
<textarea> text area

Tables

<caption> table caption
<col> attributes for table columns
<colgroup> groups of table columns
<table> table
<tbody> table body
<td> table cell
<tfoot> table footer
<th> table header
<thead> table header
<tr> table row

Frames

<frame> single frame
<frameset> set of frames
<iframe> inline frame
<noframes> noframe section

Lists

<dd> definition description
<dl> definition list
<dt> definition term
<li> list item
<ol> ordered list
<ul> unordered list

Document Information (non-displaying)

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<base> base URL for all the links in a page
<link> resource reference
<meta> meta information
<style> style definition

Scripting and Embedded Objects

<noscript> noscript section
<object> embedded object
<param> parameter for an object
<script> script

Deprecated (superseded by other tags or stylesheets)

<applet> Deprecated. Java applet. See <object>
<basefont> Deprecated. base font. Defined in stylesheet.
<center> Deprecated. centered text. Defined in stylesheet.
<dir> Deprecated. directory list. See <ol> and <ul>
<embed> Deprecated. embedded media object. See <object>
<font> Deprecated. face, size, and color of text. Defined in stylesheet.
<isindex> Deprecated. single-line text input control. See <input>
<menu> Deprecated. menu list. See <ol> and <ul>
<s> Deprecated. strikethrough text. Defined in stylesheet.
<strike> Deprecated. strikethrough text. Defined in stylesheet
<u> Deprecated. underlined text. Defined in stylesheet
<xmp> Deprecated. preformatted text. See <pre>

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