The following is an HTML tags reference list showing all the HTML elements that can be used on web pages and HTML documents.
HTML Elements List
| Tag | Description | Introduced |
<!--...--> |
Defines a comment | |
<!DOCTYPE> |
Defines the document type | |
<a> |
Defines a hyperlink | |
<abbr> |
Defines an abbreviation or an acronym | |
<acronym> |
Defines an acronym. Not supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead |
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<address> |
Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document | |
<applet> |
Defines an embedded applet. Not supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or <object> instead |
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<area> |
Defines an area inside an image map | |
<article> |
Defines an article | HTML5 |
<aside> |
Defines content aside from the page content | HTML5 |
<audio> |
Defines embedded sound content | HTML5 |
<b> |
Defines bold text | |
<base> |
Specifies the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document | |
<basefont> |
Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document. Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead | |
<bdi> |
Isolates a part of the text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it | HTML5 |
<bdo> |
Overrides the current text direction | |
<bgsound> |
Defines background music | |
<big> |
Defines big text. Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead | |
<blink> |
Defines text which blinks | |
<blockquote> |
Defines a section that is quoted from another source | |
<body> |
Defines the document’s body | |
<br> |
Defines a single line break | |
<button> |
Defines a clickable button | |
<canvas> |
Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript) | HTML5 |
<caption> |
Defines a table caption | |
<center> |
Defines centered text. Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead | |
<cite> |
Defines the title of a work | |
<code> |
Defines a piece of computer code | |
<col> |
Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element |
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<colgroup> |
Specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting | |
<comment> |
Puts a comment in the document | |
<data> |
Adds a machine-readable translation of a given content | |
<datalist> |
Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input controls | HTML5 |
<dd> |
Defines a description/value of a term in a description list | |
<del> |
Defines text that has been deleted from a document | |
<details> |
Defines additional details that the user can view or hide | |
<dfn> |
Specifies a term that is going to be defined within the content | |
<dialog> |
Defines a dialog box or window | HTML5 |
<dir> |
Defines a directory list. Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead |
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<div> |
Defines a section in a document | |
<dl> |
Defines a description list | |
<dt> |
Defines a term/name in a description list | |
<em> |
Defines emphasized text | |
<embed> |
Defines a container for an external application | HTML5 |
<fieldset> |
Groups related elements in a form | |
<figcaption> |
Defines a caption for a <figure> element |
HTML5 |
<figure> |
Specifies self-contained content | HTML5 |
<font> |
Defines font, color, and size for text. Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead | |
<footer> |
Defines a footer for a document or section | HTML5 |
<form> |
Defines an HTML form for user input | |
<frame> |
Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<frameset> |
Defines a set of frames. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<h1> to <h6> |
Defines HTML headings | |
<head> |
Contains metadata/information for the document | |
<header> |
Defines a header for a document or section | HTML5 |
<hr> |
Defines a thematic change in the content | |
<html> |
Defines the root of an HTML document | |
<i> |
Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood | |
<iframe> |
Defines an inline frame | |
<img> |
Defines an image | |
<input> |
Defines an input control | |
<ins> |
Defines a text that has been inserted into a document | |
<isindex> |
Defines a single-line input field. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<kbd> |
Defines keyboard input | |
<keygen> |
Generate key information in a form | HTML5 |
<label> |
Defines a label for an <input> element |
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<layer> |
Defines a layer | |
<legend> |
Defines a caption for a <fieldset> element |
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<li> |
Defines a list item | |
<link> |
Defines the relationship between a document and an external resource (most used to link to style sheets) | |
<main> |
Specifies the main content of a document | HTML5 |
<map> |
Defines an image map | |
<mark> |
Defines marked/highlighted text | HTML5 |
<marquee> |
Creates a scrolling-text marquee. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<menu> |
Defines a menu list. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<menuitem> |
Defines a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu | HTML5 |
<meta> |
Defines metadata about an HTML document | |
<meter> |
Defines a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge) | |
<multicol> |
Defines a multicolumn text flow | |
<nav> |
Defines navigation links | HTML5 |
<nobr> |
No breaks are allowed in the enclosed text | |
<noembed> |
Defines content to be presented by browsers that do not support the embed tag | |
<noframes> |
Defines alternate content for users that do not support frames. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<noscript> |
Defines alternate content for users that do not support client-side scripts | |
<object> |
Defines a container for an external application | |
<ol> |
Defines an ordered list | |
<outgroup> |
Defines a group of related options in a drop-down list | |
<option> |
Defines an option in a drop-down list | |
<output> |
Defines the result of a calculation | HTML5 |
<p> |
Defines a paragraph | |
<param> |
Defines a parameter for an object | |
<picture> |
Defines a container for multiple image resources | |
<plaintext> |
Render the remainder of the document as preformatted plain text. Not supported in HTML5 | |
<pre> |
Defines preformatted text | |
<progress> |
Represents the progress of a task | HTML5 |
<q> |
Defines a short quotation | |
<rp> |
Defines what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations | HTML5 |
<rt> |
Defines an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typography) | HTML5 |
<ruby> |
Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography) | HTML5 |
<s> |
Defines text that is no longer correct | |
<samp> |
Defines sample output from a computer program | |
<script> |
Defines a client-side script | |
<section> |
Defines a section in a document | HTML5 |
<spacer> |
Defines a white space | |
<select> |
Defines a drop-down list | |
<small> |
Defines smaller text | |
<source> |
Defines multiple media resources for media elements (<video> and <audio>) |
HTML5 |
<span> |
Defines a section in a document | |
<strike> |
Defines strikethrough text. Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead |
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<strong> |
Defines important text | |
<style> |
Defines style information for a document | |
<sub> |
Defines subscripted text | |
<summary> |
Defines a visible heading for a <details> element |
HTML5 |
<sup> |
Defines superscripted text | |
<svg> |
Defines a container for SVG graphics | |
<table> |
Defines a table | |
<body> |
Groups the body content in a table | |
<td> |
Defines a cell in a table | |
<template> |
Defines a container for content that should be hidden when the page loads | |
<textarea> |
Defines a multiline input control (text area) | |
<tfoot> |
Groups the footer content in a table | |
<th> |
Defines a header cell in a table | |
<thead> |
Groups the header content in a table | |
<time> |
Defines a specific time (or datetime) | HTML5 |
<title> |
Defines a title for the document | |
<tr> |
Defines a row in a table | |
<track> |
Defines text tracks for media elements (<video> and <audio>) |
HTML5 |
<tt> |
Defines teletype text. Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead | |
<u> |
Defines some text that is unarticulated and styled differently from normal text | |
<ul> |
Defines an unordered list | |
<var> |
Defines a variable | |
<video> |
Defines embedded video content | HTML5 |
<wbr> |
Defines a possible line-break within a <nobr> section |
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<xmp> |
Defines preformatted text. Not supported in HTML5 |