HTML REFERENCE
Alphabetical ordered Index
Elements, Meta, Headers and others
| Tag | Description | Layout | Meta | Self-Closing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
<!-- --> | Comment | |||
<!DOCTYPE> | Document type | |||
| <a> | Anchor hyperlink | Inline | ||
| <abbr> | Abbreviation or Acronym | Inline | ||
| <acronym> | HTML5 Deprecated. Acronym. Use <abbr> | |||
| <address> | Contact information of author or owner of document | Block | ||
| <applet> | HTML5 Deprecated. Embedded Applet. Use <embed> or <object>. | Block | ||
| <area> | Area inside an image map | |||
| <article> | Article | Block | ||
| <aside> | Aside from a page content | Block | ||
| <audio> | Embedded sound | Block | ||
| <b> | Bold text | Inline | ||
| <base> | Base URL | Self-Closing | ||
| <basefont> | HTML5 Deprecated. Use css. Default color, size, font for all text in a document | Self-Closing | ||
| <bdi> | bidrectional isolation of text | Inline | ||
| <bdo> | Biderctional Override of text | Inline | ||
| <big> | HTML5 Deprecated. Use CSS. Big text element | |||
| <blockquote> | Block Quotation from other sources | Block | ||
| <body> | Document's Body | Block | ||
| <br> | Line Break | Inline | Self-Closing | |
| <button> | Clickable Button | Inline | ||
| <canvas> | Graphics Canvas for graphics using Javascript | Block | ||
| <caption> | Table Caption | Block | ||
| <center> | HTML5 Deprecated. Use CSS. Centered text | |||
| <cite> | Citation. Title of a work | Inline | ||
| <code> | Inline Program Code | Inline | ||
| <col> | Column property within <colgroup> | Inline | Self-Closing | |
| <colgroup> | Table formatting for group of columns | Block | ||
| <data> | Machine readable translation | Inline | ||
| <datalist> | Input values with predefined values | Block | ||
| <dd> | Description value in Description list | Inline | ||
| <del> | Deleted text from a document | Inline | ||
| <details> | Additional details. Can be hidden or viewed | Block | ||
| <dfn> | Definition within content | Inline | ||
| <dialog> | Dialog box | Block | ||
| <dir> | HTML5 Deprecated. Use <ul>. Directory list | |||
| <div> | Section of a document | Block | ||
| <dl> | Description List | Block | ||
| <dt> | Description term in description list | |||
| <em> | Emphasized. Italicised text. | Inline | ||
| <embed> | Container for external application | Block | Self-Closing | |
| <fencedframe> | Nested browsing context with privacy features | |||
| <fieldset> | Related elements in a form | Block | ||
| <figcaption> | Caption for a <figure> | Block | ||
| <figure> | Self containted content | Block | ||
| <font> | HTML5 Deprecated. Use CSS. Font,color,and size of text. | |||
| <footer> | Footer of a doc or section | Block | ||
| <form> | Form for user input | Block | ||
| <frame> | HTML5 deprecated. Window in a frameset | |||
| <frameset> | HTML5 deprecated. Set of Frames | |||
| <h1> ... <h6> | Headings in a document | Block | ||
| <head> | Metadata info of a document | Block | Meta | |
| <header> | Header of a section or a document | Block | ||
| <hgroup> | Header and related content | Block | ||
| <hr> | Horizontal rule. Semantic: Change of theme of the document | Self-Closing | ||
| <html> | Root of the HTML document | Block | Meta | |
| <i> | Italic. Change of voice or mood of the text | Inline | ||
| <iframe> | Inline Frame | Block | ||
| <img> | Image | Inline | Self-Closing | |
| <input> | User input element | Inline | Self-Closing | |
| <ins> | Text insereted into a document | Inline | ||
| <kbd> | Keyboard input | Inline | ||
| <label> | Label for an <input> | Inline | ||
| <legend> | Caption for a <fieldset> | Block | ||
| <li> | List item | |||
| <link> | Connecting link or relationship of an external resource (stylesheets) | Meta | ||
| <main> | Main content of a document | Block | ||
| <map> | Image map | Block | ||
| <mark> | Marked. Highlighted text. | Inline | ||
| <marquee> | scrolling area of text | |||
| <menu> | Unordered List. Could be used to group nav menu items | |||
| <meta> | Metadata about an HTML document | Meta | ||
| <meter> | Scalar measurement within a range | Block | ||
| <nav> | Navigation links | Block | ||
| <nobr> | No word wrap. | |||
| <noembed> | Alternate content for unsupported embeded element | |||
| <noframes> | HTML5 Deprecated. Alternate content for unsupported frames | Block | ||
| <noscript> | Alternate content for non supporting client side scripts | Block | Meta | |
| <object> | Container for external application | Block | ||
| <ol> | Ordered List | Block | ||
| <optgroup> | group of options in a drop-down list | Block | ||
| <option> | an option in a drop-down list | |||
| <output> | Calculation's result | Inline | ||
| <p> | A Paragraph | Block | ||
| <param> | Parameter for an object | Self-Closing | ||
| <picture> | Container for multi image resources | |||
| <plaintext> | Render as raw text | Self-Closing | ||
| <pre> | Preformatted text | Block | ||
| <progress> | Progress of a task | Block | ||
| <q> | Quotation | Inline | ||
| <rb> | Delimt Ruby annotation | |||
| <rp> | Alternate for unspoorted ruby annotation | Inline | ||
| <rt> | Pronunciation of characters | |||
| <rtc> | Semantic annotation in <rb> inside <ruby>. | Inline | ||
| <ruby> | Ruby annotation | Block | ||
| <s> | text is not correct anymore | Inline | ||
| <samp> | Sample program output | Inline | ||
| <script> | Client side script | Meta | ||
| <search> | Search section | Inline | ||
| <section> | A section in a document | Block | ||
| <select> | Drop-down list | Block | ||
| <selectedcontent> | HTML inside <select>. | |||
| <slot> | Web Component element. placeholder with user markup | Inline | ||
| <small> | Smaller text | Inline | ||
| <source> | Video or Audio. Multiple media resources | Self-Closing | ||
| <span> | An Inline section within a document | Inline | ||
| <strike> | HTML5 deprecated. Use <del> or <s>. Strikethrough text. | |||
| <strong> | Bold. Semantic: Important text | Inline | ||
| <style> | Style info for a document | Meta | ||
| <sub> | Subscripted text | Inline | ||
| <summary> | Heading for <details> | Block | ||
| <sup> | Superscript text | Inline | ||
| <table> | Table structured element | Block | ||
| <tbody> | table body | Block | ||
| <td> | table cell | |||
| <template> | Container with contents which hides on page loads | Block | ||
| <textarea> | multiline input/td> | Inline | ||
| <tfoot> | Table footer | Block | ||
| <th> | Table header cell | |||
| <thead> | Table header | Block | ||
| <time> | Time or Datetime | Inline | ||
| <title> | Title of the document | Meta | ||
| <tr> | Table row | |||
| <track> | text tracks for media (video or audio) | Self-Closing | ||
| <tt> | HTML5 deprecated. Use CSS. Teletype text. | |||
| <u> | unarticulated text. Underlined. | Inline | ||
| <ul> | Unordered list | Block | ||
| <var> | Variable | Inline | ||
| <video> | Embedded video | Block | ||
| <wbr> | Possible line break | Inline | ||
| <xmp> | HTML5 Deprecated. Use <pre> or <code>. Program code without interpretting as HTML element |