HTML Tag Reference
Following tags have
been introduced in older versions of HTML but all the tags marked with are part of HTML-5.
Tag Description Version
<!--...-->
Specifies a comment
<!DOCTYPE>
Specifies the
document type
<a>
Specifies an anchor
<abbr>
Specifies an
abbreviation
<acronym>
Specifies an acronym
<address>
Specifies an address
element
<applet>
Deprecated. Specifies
an applet
<area>
Specifies an area
inside an image map
<article>
Specifies an article
<aside>
Specifies some
content loosely related to the page content. If it is removed, the remaining
content still makes sense
<audio>
Specifies a sound
content
<b>
Specifies bold text
<base>
Specifies a base URL
for all the links in a page
<basefont>
Deprecated. Specifies
a base font
<bdo>
Specifies the
direction of text display
<bdi>
Represents text that
must be isolated from its surrounding for bidirectional text formatting. It
allows embedding a span of text with a different, or unknown, directionality
<bgsound>
Specifies background
music
<big>
Specifies big text
<blink>
Specifies a text
which blinks
<blockquote>
Specifies a long
quotation
<body>
Specifies the body
element
<br>
Inserts a single line
break
<button>
Specifies a push
button
<canvas>
For making graphics
with a script
<caption>
Specifies a table
caption
<center>
Deprecated. Specifies
centered text
<cite>
Specifies a citation
<code>
Specifies computer
code text
<col>
Specifies attributes
for table columns
<colgroup>
Specifies groups of
table columns
<comment>
Puts a comment in the
document
<datalist>
A list of options for
input values
<dd>
Specifies a
definition description
<del>
Specifies deleted
text
<dfn>
Specifies a
definition term
<dialog>
Specifies a dialog
box or window
<dir>
Deprecated. Specifies
a directory list
<div>
Specifies a section
in a document
<dl>
Specifies a
definition list
<dt>
Specifies a
definition term
<em>
Specifies emphasized
text
<embed>
Specifies a container
for an external (non-HTML) application
<fieldset>
Specifies a fieldset
<figcaption>
Specifies a caption
for a <figure> element
<figure>
Specifies
self-contained content
<font>
Deprecated. Specifies
text font, size, and color
<footer>
Specifies a footer
for a document or section
<form>
Specifies a form
<frame>
Specifies a sub window
(a frame)
<frameset>
Specifies a set of
frames
<h1> to
<h6>
Specifies header 1 to
header 6
<head>
Specifies information
about the document
<header>
Specifies a header
for a document or section
<hr>
Specifies a
horizontal rule
<html>
Specifies an html
document
<i>
Specifies italic text
<iframe>
Specifies an inline
sub window (frame)
<ilayer>
Specifies an inline
layer
<img>
Specifies an image
<input>
Specifies an input
field
<ins>
Specifies inserted
text
<isindex>
Deprecated. Specifies
a single-line input field
<kbd>
Specifies keyboard
text
<keygen>
Generate key
information in a form
<label>
Specifies a label for
a form control
<layer>
Specifies a layer
<legend>
Specifies a title in
a fieldset
<li>
Specifies a list item
<link>
Specifies a resource
reference
<main>
Specifies the main or
important content in the document. There is only oneelement
in the document
<map>
Specifies an image
map
<mark>
Specifies a text
highlighted for reference purposes, that is for its relevance in another
context
<marquee>
Creates a
scrolling-text marquee
<menu>
Deprecated. Specifies
a menu list
<menuitem>
Specifies a
command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu
<meta>
Specifies meta data of
an html document which is not displayed on the page
<meter>
Specifies a scalar
measurement within a known range (a gauge)
<multicol>
Specifies a
multicolumn text flow
<nav>
Specifies a section
that contains only navigation links
<nobr>
No breaks allowed in
the enclosed text
<noembed>
Specifies content to
be presented by browsers that do not support the <embed> tag
<noframes>
Specifies a noframe section
<noscript>
Specifies a noscript section
<object>
Specifies an embedded
object
<ol>
Specifies an ordered
list
<optgroup>
Specifies an option
group
<option>
Specifies an option
in a drop-down list
<output>
Specifies the result
of a calculation
<p>
Specifies a paragraph
<param>
Specifies a parameter
for an object
<plaintext>
Deprecated. Render
the remainder of the document as preformatted plain text
<pre>
Specifies
preformatted text
<progress>
Specifies a
completion progress of a task
<q>
Specifies a short
quotation
<rp>
Specifies to show
browsers that do not support the ruby element
<rt>
Specifies an text
ruby annotation
<ruby>
Specifies an ruby
annotation
<s>
Deprecated. Specifies
strikethrough text
<samp>
Specifies sample
computer code
<script>
Specifies a script
<section>
Specifies a section
in a document
<select>
Specifies a
selectable list
<spacer>
Specifies a white
space
<small>
Specifies small text
<source>
Specifies a media
resources for media elements, defined inside video or audio elements
<span>
Specifies a section
in a document
<strike>
Deprecated. Specifies
strikethrough text
<strong>
Specifies strong text
<style>
Specifies a style
definition
<sub>
Specifies subscripted
text
<summary>
Specifies a summary,
caption, or legend for a given <details>
<sup>
Specifies
superscripted text
<table>
Specifies a table
<tbody>
Specifies a table
body
<td>
Specifies a table
cell
<textarea>
Specifies a text area
<tfoot>
Specifies a table footer
<th>
Specifies a table
heading
<thead>
Specifies a table
header
<time>
Specifies a date and
time <details>
<title>
Specifies the
document title
<tr>
Specifies a table row
<track>
Specifies a text
tracks used in mediaplayers
<tt>
Specifies teletype
text
<u>
Deprecated. Specifies
underlined text
<ul>
Specifies an
unordered list
<var>
Specifies a variable
<video>
Specifies a text
tracks used in mediaplayers
<wbr>
Indicates a potential
word break point within a <nobr> section
<xmp>
Deprecated. Specifies
preformatted text