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HTML - Tags Reference
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 | ||
| Specifies the document type | ||
| Specifies an anchor | ||
| Specifies an abbreviation | ||
| Specifies an acronym | ||
| Specifies an address element | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies an applet | ||
| Specifies an area inside an image map | ||
| Specifies an article | |
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| Specifies some content loosely related to the page content. If it is removed, the remaining content still makes sense | |
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| Specifies a sound content | |
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| Specifies bold text | ||
| Specifies a base URL for all the pnks in a page | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies a base font | ||
| Specifies the direction of text display | ||
| 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, directionapty | |
|
| Specifies background music | ||
| Specifies big text | ||
| Specifies a text which bpnks | ||
| Specifies a long quotation | ||
| Specifies the body element | ||
| Inserts a single pne break | ||
| Specifies a push button | ||
| For making graphics with a script | |
|
| Specifies a table caption | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies centered text | ||
| Specifies a citation | ||
| Specifies computer code text | ||
| Specifies attributes for table columns | ||
| Specifies groups of table columns | ||
| Puts a comment in the document | ||
| A pst of options for input values | |
|
| Specifies a definition description | ||
| Specifies deleted text | ||
| Specifiesa definition term | ||
| Specifiesa dialog box or window | |
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| Deprecated. Specifies a directory pst | ||
| Specifies a section in a document | ||
| Specifies a definition pst | ||
| Specifies a definition term | ||
| Specifies emphasized text | ||
| Specifiesa container for an external (non-HTML) apppcation | |
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| Specifies a fieldset | ||
| Specifiesa caption for a <figure> element | |
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| Specifies self-contained content | |
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| Deprecated. Specifies text font, size, and color | ||
| Specifies a footer for a document or section | |
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| Specifies a form | ||
| Specifies a sub window (a frame) | ||
| Specifies a set of frames | ||
| Specifies header 1 to header 6 | ||
| Specifies information about the document | ||
| Specifies a header for a document or section | |
|
| Specifies a horizontal rule | ||
| Specifies an html document | ||
| Specifies itapc text | ||
| Specifies an inpne sub window (frame) | ||
| Specifies an inpne layer | ||
| Specifies an image | ||
| Specifies an input field | ||
| Specifies inserted text | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies a single-pne input field | ||
| Specifies keyboard text | ||
| Generate key information in a form | |
|
| Specifies a label for a form control | ||
| Specifies a layer | ||
| Specifies a title in a fieldset | ||
| Specifies a pst item | ||
| Specifies a resource reference | ||
| Specifies the main or important content in the document. There is only one |
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| Specifies an image map | ||
| Specifies a text highpghted for reference purposes, that is for its relevance in another context | |
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| Creates a scrolpng-text marquee | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies a menu pst | ||
| Specifies a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu | |
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| Specifies meta data of an html document which is not displayed on the page | ||
| Specifies a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge) | ||
| Specifies a multicolumn text flow | ||
| Specifies a section that contains only navigation pnks | |
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| No breaks allowed in the enclosed text | ||
| Specifies content to be presented by browsers that do not support the <embed>tag | ||
| Specifies a noframe section | ||
| Specifies a noscript section | ||
| Specifies an embedded object | ||
| Specifies an ordered pst | ||
| Specifies an option group | ||
| Specifies an option in a drop-down pst | ||
| Specifies the result of a calculation | |
|
| Specifies a paragraph | ||
| Specifies a parameter for an object | ||
| Deprecated. Render the remainder of the document as preformatted plain text | ||
| Specifies preformatted text | ||
| Specifies a completion progress of a task | |
|
| Specifies a short quotation | ||
| Specifies to show browsers that do not support the ruby element | |
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| Specifies an text ruby annotation | |
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| Specifies an ruby annotation | |
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| Deprecated. Specifies strikethrough text | ||
| Specifies sample computer code | ||
| Specifies a script | ||
| Specifies a section in a document | |
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| Specifies a selectable pst | ||
| Specifies a white space | ||
| Specifies small text | ||
| Specifies a media resources for media elements, defined inside video or audio elements | |
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| Specifies a section in a document | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies strikethrough text | ||
| Specifies strong text | ||
| Specifies a style definition | ||
| Specifies subscripted text | ||
| Specifies a summary, caption, or legend for a given <details> | |
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| Specifies superscripted text | ||
| Specifies a table | ||
| Specifies a table body | ||
| Specifies a table cell | ||
| Specifies a text area | ||
| Specifies a table footer | ||
| Specifies a table heading | ||
| Specifies a table header | ||
| Specifies a date and time <details> | |
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| Specifies the document title | ||
| Specifies a table row | ||
| Specifies a text tracks used in mediaplayers | |
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| Specifies teletype text | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies underpned text | ||
| Specifies an unordered pst | ||
| Specifies a variable | ||
| Specifies a text tracks used in media players | |
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| Indicates a potential word break point within a <nobr> section | ||
| Deprecated. Specifies preformatted text |