html tags

Basic HTML

Tags	Description
!DOCTYPE	Defines the document type
html	Defines an HTML document
head	Defines information about the document
title	Defines a title for the document
body	Defines the document's body
h1 - h6	Defines HTML headings
p	Defines a paragraph
br	Inserts a single line break
hr	Defines a thematic change in the content

Formatting

Tags	Description
abbr	Defines an abbreviation or an acronym
address	Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document/article
b	Defines bold text
bdi	solates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it
bdo	Overrides the current text direction
big	Defines big text
blockqoute	Defines a section that is quoted from another source
center	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	Represents the defining instance of a term
em	Defines emphasized text
font	Defines font, color, and size for text
ins	Defines a text that has been inserted into a document
kdb	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
s	Defines text that is no longer correct
samp	Defines sample output from a computer program
small	Defines smaller text
strike	Defines strikethrough text
strong	Defines important text
sub	Defines subscripted text
sup	Defines superscripted text
U	Defines text that should be stylistically different from normal text
var	Defines a variable
wbr	Defines a possible line-break

Tags	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

Tags	Description
frame	Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset
frameset	Defines a set of frames
noframes	Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames
iframe	Defines an inline frame

Tags	Description
img	Defines an image
map	Defines a client-side 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

audio	Defines sound content
source	Defines multiple media resources for media elements
track	Defines text tracks for media elements
video	Defines a video or movie

Tags	Description
a	Defines a hyperlink
link	Defines the relationship between a document and an external resource (most used to link to style sheets)
nav	Defines navigation links

Tags	Description
ul	Defines an unordered list
ol	Defines an ordered list
li	Defines a list item
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
menu	Defines a list/menu of commands
menuitem	Defines a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu

Tags	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

Tags	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
footer	Defines a footer for a document or sectio
main	Specifies the main content of a document
section	Defines a section in a document
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	Links the given content with a machine-readable translation

Tags	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

Tags	Description
script	Defines a client-side script
noscript	Defines an alternate content for users that do not support client-side scripts
embed	Defines a container for an external (non-HTML) application
object	Defines an embedded object
parm	Defines a parameter for an object

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