HTML SYNTAX
Tag
Description
<!--...-->
Defines a comment
<!
DOCTYPE>
Defines the document type
<a>
Defines a hyperlink
<abbr>
Defines an abbreviation or an acronym
<acronym
>
Not supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead.
Defines an acronym
<address
>
Defines contact information for the
author/owner of a document
<applet>
Not supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or
<object> instead.
Defines an embedded applet
<area>
Defines an area inside an image-map
<article>
Defines an article
<aside>
Defines content aside from the page content
<audio>
Defines sound content
<b>
Defines bold text
<base>
Specifies the base URL/target for all relative
URLs in a document
<basefont
>
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Specifies a default color, size, and font for all
text in a document
<bdi>
Isolates a part of text that might be formatted
in a different direction from other text outside
it
<bdo>
Overrides the current text direction
<big>
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines big text
<blockquo
te>
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)
<caption>
Defines a table caption
<center>
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines centered text
<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
<datalist>
Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input
controls
<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>
Represents the defining instance of a term
<dialog>
Defines a dialog box or window
<dir>
Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead.
Defines a directory list
<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 (nonHTML) application
<fieldset>
Groups related elements in a form
<figcaptio
n>
Defines a caption for a <figure> element
<figure>
Specifies self-contained content
<font>
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines font, color, and size for text
<footer>
Defines a footer for a document or section
<form>
Defines an HTML form for user input
<frame>
Not supported in HTML5.
Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset
<frameset
>
Not supported in HTML5.
Defines a set of frames
<h1> to
<h6>
Defines HTML headings
<head>
Defines information about the document
<header>
Defines a header for a document or section
<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
<kbd>
Defines keyboard input
<keygen>
Defines a key-pair generator field (for forms)
<label>
Defines a label for an <input> element
<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
<map>
Defines a client-side image-map
<mark>
Defines marked/highlighted text
<menu>
Defines a list/menu of commands
<menuite
m>
Defines a command/menu item that the user
can invoke from a popup menu
<meta>
Defines metadata about an HTML document
<meter>
Defines a scalar measurement within a known
range (a gauge)
<nav>
Defines navigation links
<noframe
s>
Not supported in HTML5.
Defines an alternate content for users that do
not support frames
<noscript
>
Defines an alternate content for users that do
not support client-side scripts
<object>
Defines an embedded object
<ol>
Defines an ordered list
<optgroup
>
Defines a group of related options in a dropdown list
<option>
Defines an option in a drop-down list
<output>
Defines the result of a calculation
<p>
Defines a paragraph
<param>
Defines a parameter for an object
<pre>
Defines preformatted text
<progress
>
Represents the progress of a task
<q>
Defines a short quotation
<rp>
Defines what to show in browsers that do not
support ruby annotations
<rt>
Defines an explanation/pronunciation of
characters (for East Asian typography)
<ruby>
Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian
typography)
<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
<select>
Defines a drop-down list
<small>
Defines smaller text
<source>
Defines multiple media resources for media
elements (<video> and <audio>)
<span>
Defines a section in a document
<strike>
Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s>
instead.
Defines strikethrough text
<strong>
Defines important text
<style>
Defines style information for a document
<sub>
Defines subscripted text
<summary
>
Defines a visible heading for a <details>
element
<sup>
Defines superscripted text
<table>
Defines a table
<tbody>
Groups the body content in a table
<td>
Defines a cell in a table
<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 date/time
<title>
Defines a title for the document
<tr>
Defines a row in a table
<track>
Defines text tracks for media elements
(<video> and <audio>)
<tt>
Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines teletype text
<u>
Defines text that should be stylistically
different from normal text
<ul>
Defines an unordered list
<var>
Defines a variable
<video>
Defines a video or movie
<wbr>
Defines a possible line-break
