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 | |
<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 | |
<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 | |
<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 | |
<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 | |
<layer> | Defines a layer | |
<legend> | Defines a caption for a <fieldset> element | |
<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 | |
<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 | |
<xmp> | Defines preformatted text. Not supported in HTML5 |
