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 Elements.

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