HTML Elements
| Tags | Name | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| <!-- --> | Comment | This element will not be displayed by the browser. It may be used for informational messages for developers as well as to mask content from user agents that do not support a particular technology. | category Basic |
Deprecated <!-- [ ] --> |
Conditional Comment | Conditional Comment is Internet Explorer–specific comment style can be used to mask or include content, depending on the browser in play. | category General |
| <!DOCTYPE> | Document Type Definition | This element specifies the document type definition corresponding to the document. | category Basic |
| <a> | Anchor | This element defines a hyperlink, the named target destination for a hyperlink, or both. | category Link |
| <abbr> | Abbreviation | Defines a sequence of characters that defines an abbreviation for a word | category Formatting |
Deprecated <acronym> |
Acronym | Defines a sequence of characters that composes an acronym | category Formatting |
| <address> | Address | Indicating authorship / ownership of information. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <applet> |
Java Applet | Identifies the inclusion of a Java applet. | category Programming |
| <area> | Image Map Area | Defines a hotspot region on an image and associates it with a hypertext link. | category Image |
| <article> | Article | Defines a subset of a document’s content that forms an independent part of the document, such as a blog post, article, or other self-contained unit of information, that may be linked to or included in some other content body. | category General |
| <aside> | Aside | This element defines a section of a document that encloses content that is related to the other content the element may be associated with. | category General |
| <audio> | Audio | Defines audio in a document. | category Media |
| <b> | Bold | This inline element make text should be displayed in boldface. | category Formatting |
| <base> | Base URL | Specifies the base URL to be used for all relative URLs contained within a document. | category Meta |
Deprecated <basefont> |
Base Font | Specifies default font size for a document | category Meta |
| <bdi> | Bi-Directional Isolation | This element represents a span of text that is isolated from other text for the purposes of formatting in a different direction. | category Formatting |
| <bdo> | Bidirectional Override | This element is used to override the current directionality of text. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <bgsound> |
Background Sound | Defines a background sound with a page. | category General |
Deprecated <big> |
Big Font | Defines that the text should be displayed in a larger font relative to the current font. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <blink> |
Blinking Text | Defines text to flash slowly. | category General |
| <blockquote> | Block Quote | Defines text is an extended quotation. | category Formatting |
| <body> | Document Body | Defines the main content of the document. | category Basic |
| <br> | Line Break | Defines a line break. | category Basic |
| <button> | Form Button | Defines a clickable button. | category Form and Input |
| <canvas> | Canvas for Drawing | Defines a region in the document to be used as a bitmap canvas where script code can be used to render graphics interactively. | category Image |
| <caption> | Table Caption | Define a caption for table. | category Table |
Deprecated <center> |
Center Alignment | Specifies content to be centered within the margins currently in effect. | category Formatting |
| <cite> | Citation | Defines a citation from a book or other published source. | category Formatting |
| <code> | Code Listing | Defines that the enclosed text is source code in a programming language. | category Formatting |
| <col> | Table Column | Defines a column within a table. | category Table |
| <colgroup> | Table Column Group | Defines an explicit group of table columns containing col elements to provide for table column-level scripting or formatting. | category Table |
Deprecated <command> |
Command | command a user can invoke and is found within a <menu> element. | category General |
Deprecated <comment> |
Comment Information | This nonstandard Internet Explorer element treats enclosed text as comments. | category General |
Deprecated <content> |
The Shadow DOM Content Placeholder | HTML element—an obsolete part of the Web Components suite of technologies—was used inside of Shadow DOM as an insertion point, and wasn't meant to be used in ordinary HTML. | category General |
| <data> | Data | Defines machine-readable translation to a content. | category General |
Deprecated <datagrid> |
List of Prefill Data | Defined either list wise or tree wise. | category General |
| <datalist> | List of Prefill Data | Defined options for an <input> element. | category Form and Input |
| <dd> | Definition Description in a Definition Lis | Defines the definition of a term within a list of defined terms <dt> enclosed by a definition list <dl>. | category List |
| <del> | Deleted Text | Defines that text has been deleted from a document. | category Formatting |
| <details> | Additional Details | Defines a disclosure widget in which additional information or interactive elements that can be shown on demand. | category General |
| <dfn> | Definition | Defines instance of a term. | category Formatting |
| <dialog> | Dialog box | Defines a dialog box or subwindow, it makes easy to create popup dialogs and modals on a web page. | category General |
Deprecated <dir> |
Directory List | Defines a list of brief, unordered items, such as might occur in a menu or directory. | category List |
| <div> | Division | Defines a generic block of content that should be treated as a unit for scripting or styling purposes. | category General |
| <dl> | Definition List | Defines contains a list of terms and definitions. | category List |
| <dt> | Term in a Definition List or | Defines a definition list term in a list of terms and definitions. | category List |
| <em> | Emphasis | Defines emphasized text. | category Formatting |
| <embed> | Embedded Object | Defines an object | category Programming |
| <fieldset> | Form Field Grouping | Defines group thematically related controls together. | category Form and Input |
| <figcaption> | Figure Caption | Defines a caption or legend describing the rest of the contents of its parent <figure>. | category Image |
| <figure> | Figure | Defines captions for elements | category Image |
Deprecated <font> |
Font Definition | Defines the size, color, and font of the text it encloses. | category Formatting |
| <footer> | Footer | Defines a footer section of a document. | category General |
| <form> | Form for User Input | Defines a fill-in form that can contain labels and form controls, such as menus and text entry boxes that might be filled in by a user. | category Form and Input |
Deprecated <frame> |
Window Region | Defines a nameable window region, known as a frame, that can independently display its own content. | category Frames |
Deprecated <frameset> |
Frameset Definition | Define the organization of a set of independent window regions, known as frames, as defined by the frame element. | category Frames |
| <h1> - <h6> | through <h> | Defines six levels of headings. | category Basic |
| <head> | Document Head | Defines the document head, which contains descriptive information about the HTML document | category Basic |
| <header> | Header | Defines the header section of a document or a section element it is contained within. | category General |
| <hgroup> | Header Group | Defines a grouping of heading elements. | category General |
| <hr> | Horizontal Rule | Defines a horizontal rule to visually or thematically separate document sections. | category Basic |
| <html> | HTML Document | Defines an HTML or XHTML document. | category General |
| <i> | Italic | Defines the contained text should be displayed in an italic typeface. | category Formatting |
| <iframe> | Inline Frame | Defines a floating frame. | category Frames |
| <ilayer> | Inflow Layer | category General | |
| <img> | Image | Defines a media object to be included in an HTML or XHTML document. | category Image |
| <input> | Input Form Control | Defines an input control for a form. | category Form and Input |
| <ins> | Inserted Text | Specify that text has been added to the document. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <isindex> |
Index Prompt | Defines a document has an associated searchable keyword index. | category General |
| <kbd> | Keyboard Input | Defines text as keyboard input. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <keygen> |
Key Pair Generation | Defines the generation of key pairs in secured communications. | category General |
| <label> | Form Control Label | Defines descriptions to form controls. | category Form and Input |
| <layer> | Positioned Layer | (No standerd support)Definition of overlapping content layers that can be exactly positioned, hidden or shown, rendered transparent or opaque, reordered front to back, and nested. | category General |
| <legend> | Descriptive Legend | Defines a caption to a set of form fields. | category Form and Input |
| <li> | List Item | specifies a list item as contained in an ordered list <ol>, unordered list <ul>. | category List |
| <link> | Link to External Files or Set Relationships | Defines relationships between the current document and other documents. | category Link |
| <listing> | Code Listing | Defines a code listing; it is no longer part of the HTML standard. | category General |
| <main> | Main content | Defines the main content of the body of a document or application. | category General |
| <map> | Client-Side Image Map | Defines client-side image maps. | category Image |
| <mark> | Marked Text | Defines a marked section of text. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <marquee> |
Marquee Display | Defines a scrolling, sliding, or bouncing text marquee. | category General |
| <menu> | Menu List or Command Menu | Defines a short list of items | category General |
| <menuitem> | Menu List or Command Menu | Defines a command that a user is able to invoke through a popup menu. | category General |
| <meta> | Meta-Information | Defines general information about a document that can be used in document indexing. | category Meta |
| <meter> | Scalar Gauge | defines a scalar measurement within a known range, similar to what might be represented by a gauge. | category Formatting |
| <multicol> | Multiple Column Text | Defines the enclosed content in multiple columns. | category General |
| <nav> | Navigation | Defines a group of links to other locations either inside or outside of a document. | category Link |
Deprecated <nobr> |
No Line Breaks | Defines text without line breaks. | category General |
Deprecated <noembed> |
No Embedded Media Support | Defines alternative content to be displayed on browsers that cannot support an embedded media object. | category General |
Deprecated <noframes> |
No Frame Support Content | Defines alternative content to be displayed on browsers that do not support frames. | category Frames |
| <noscript> | No Script Support Content | Defines content that should be rendered on browsers that do not support scripting or that have scripting turned off. | category Programming |
| <object> | Embedded Object | Defines an arbitrary object to be included in an HTML document. | category Programming |
| <ol> | Ordered List | Defines an ordered or numbered list of items. | category List |
| <optgroup> | Option Grouping | Defines a grouping of items in a selection list. | category Form and Input |
| <option> | Option in Selection List | Defines an item in a selection list defined by a select element. | category Form and Input |
| <output> | Form Output | Defines a region that will be used to display output from some calculation or form control. | category Form and Input |
| <p> | Paragraph | Define a paragraph of text. | category Basic |
| <param> | Object Parameter | Defines a parameter to be passed to an embedded object that is specified with the <object> element. | category Programming |
| <picture> | Picture | Defines a control which image resource a user agent presents to a user, based on media query and/or support for a particular image format. | category Image |
Deprecated <plaintext> |
Plain Text | Defines the enclosed text as plain text and forces the browser to ignore any enclosed HTML. | category General |
| <pre> | Preformatted Text | Defines the enclosed text is preformatted, meaning that spaces, returns, tabs, and other formatting characters are preserved. | category Formatting |
| <progress> | Progress Indicator | Defines completion progress for a task. | category Formatting |
| <q> | Quote | Defines the enclosed text is a short inline quotation. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <rb> |
Ruby Base | Defines the base text component of a <ruby> annotation. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <rbc> |
Ruby Base Container | Defines semantic annotations of characters that are presented in <rb> elements used inside a <ruby>. | category Formatting |
| <rp> | Ruby Parentheses | Define parentheses around a ruby text entry defined by an rtelement. | category Formatting |
| <rt> | Ruby Text | Defines pronunciation guides for words and phrases. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <rtc> |
Ruby Text Container | Defines semantic annotations of characters that are presented in <rt> elements used inside a <ruby>. | category Formatting |
| <ruby> | Ruby Annotation | Defines annotations or pronunciation guides for words and phrases. | category Formatting |
| <s> | Strikethrough | Defines the enclosed text with a line drawn through it and is a synonym for the strike element. | category Formatting |
| <samp> | Sample Text | Defines sample text | category Formatting |
| <script> | Scripting | Defines a scripting language for client-side processing. | category Programming |
| <section> | Section | Defines a generic section of a document and it may contain a heading and footer of its own. | category General |
| <select> | Selection List | Defines a selection list within a form. | category Form and Input |
Deprecated <shadow> |
Shadow Root | It's used as a shadow DOM insertion point. | category General |
| <slot> | Slots | Defines a web component created using the shadow DOM specification, that you can insert your own markup into. | category General |
| <small> | Small Text | Defines the smallest size text. | category Formatting |
| <source> | Source | Defines multiple media resources for media elements like <audio>, <picture> and <video>. | category Media |
Deprecated <spacer> |
Extra Space | Defines an invisible region, which is useful for page layout. | category General |
| <span> | Text Span | Defines the span text for styling. | category General |
Deprecated <strike> |
Strikeout Text | Defines strikethrough text, namely text with a line drawn through it. | category Formatting |
| <strong> | Strong Emphasis | Defines strongly emphasized text. | category Formatting |
| <style> | Style Information | Defines style sheet rules for a document. | category Style |
| <sub> | Subscript | Defines subscripted text. | category Formatting |
| <summary> | Disclosure Summary | Defines a summary for the <details> element. | category General |
| <sup> | Superscript | Defines superscripted text. | category Formatting |
| <svg> | Scalable Vector Graphics | Defines SVG graphics in an HTML document. | category Image |
| <table> | Table | Defines a table. | category Table |
| <tbody> | Table Body | Defines the body content in an HTML table. | category General |
| <td> | Table Data | Defines a data cell in a table | category Table |
| <template> | Content Template | Defines fragments of markup which are parsed as HTML. | category Formatting |
| <textarea> | Multiline Text Input | Defines a multiline text input field contained within a form. | category Form and Input |
| <tfoot> | Table Footer | Defines group footer content in an HTML table. | category Table |
| <th> | Table Header | Defines a header cell in a table. | category Table |
| <thead> | Table Header | Defines header rows at the top of a table. | category Table |
| <time> | Time | Defines content that represents a date and/or time. | category Formatting |
| <title> | Document Title | Defines the title of an HTML document. | category Basic |
| <tr> | Table Row | Defines a row in a table. | category Table |
| <track> | Track | Defines a text tracks for media elements <audio> and <video>. | category Table |
Deprecated <tt> |
Teletype Text | Defines that text should be rendered in a monospaced font similar to teletype text. | category Formatting |
| <u> | Underline | Defines underlined text. | category Formatting |
| <ul> | Unordered List | Defines unordered list, namely a collection of items that does not have a numerical ordering. | category List |
| <var> | Variable | Defines a variable. | category Formatting |
| <video> | Video | Defines a video into a document. | category Media |
| <wbr> | Word Break | Defines a place where a line break can occur if necessary. | category Formatting |
Deprecated <xmp> |
Example | Defines the enclosed text is an example. | category General |