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Basic HTML Tag

The document defines various HTML tags grouped into categories including basic tags, formatting tags, form and input tags, frames tags, image tags, audio/video tags, link tags, list tags, table tags, and provides a brief description of each tag's purpose.

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Basic HTML Tag

The document defines various HTML tags grouped into categories including basic tags, formatting tags, form and input tags, frames tags, image tags, audio/video tags, link tags, list tags, table tags, and provides a brief description of each tag's purpose.

Uploaded by

saravanan bharathi
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
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Basic HTML

Tag Description

<!DOCTYPE>  Defines the document type

<html> Defines an HTML document

<head> Defines information about the document

<title> Defines a title for the document

<body> Defines the document's body

<h1> to <h6> Defines HTML headings

<p> Defines a paragraph

<br> Inserts a single line break

<hr> Defines a thematic change in the content

<!--...--> Defines a comment

Formatting
Tag Description

<abbr> Defines an abbreviation or an acronym

<address> Defines contact information for the author/owner of a


document/article

<b> Defines bold text

<big> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Defines big text

<blockquote> Defines a section that is quoted from another source


<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

<del> Defines text that has been deleted from a document

<em> Defines emphasized text 

<font> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.


Defines font, color, and size for text

<i> Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood

<ins> Defines a text that has been inserted into a document

<mark> Defines marked/highlighted text

<pre> Defines preformatted text

<progress> Represents the progress of a task

<q> Defines a short quotation

<ruby> Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)

<s> Defines text that is no longer correct

<small> Defines smaller text

<strike> Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead.


Defines strikethrough text

<strong> Defines important text

<sub> Defines subscripted text

<sup> Defines superscripted text

<time> Defines a date/time


<u> Defines text that should be stylistically different from
normal text

<var> Defines a variable

Forms and Input


Tag Description

<form> Defines an HTML form for user input

<input> Defines an input control

<textarea> Defines a multiline input control (text area)

<button> Defines a clickable button

<select> Defines a drop-down list

<optgroup> Defines a group of related options in a drop-down list

<option> Defines an option in a drop-down list

<label> Defines a label for an <input> element

<fieldset> Groups related elements in a form

<legend> Defines a caption for a <fieldset> element

<datalist> Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input controls

<output> Defines the result of a calculation


Frames
Tag Description

<frame> Not supported in HTML5.


Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset

<frameset> Not supported in HTML5.


Defines a set of frames

<noframes> Not supported in HTML5.


Defines an alternate content for users that do not support
frames

<iframe> Defines an inline frame

Images
Tag Description

<img> Defines an image

<map> Defines a client-side image-map

<area> Defines an area inside an image-map

<canvas> Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually


JavaScript)

<figcaption> Defines a caption for a <figure> element

<figure> Specifies self-contained content

<picture> Defines a container for multiple image resources

<svg> Defines a container for SVG graphics


Audio / Video
Tag Description

<audio> Defines sound content

<source> Defines multiple media resources for media elements


(<video>, <audio> and <picture>)

<track> Defines text tracks for media elements (<video> and


<audio>)

<video> Defines a video or movie

Links
Tag Description

<a> Defines a hyperlink

<link> Defines the relationship between a document and an


external resource (most used to link to style sheets)

<nav> Defines navigation links

Lists
Tag Description

<ul> Defines an unordered list

<ol> Defines an ordered list

<li> Defines a list item

<dir> Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead.


Defines a directory list

<dl> Defines a description list


<dt> Defines a term/name in a description list

<dd> Defines a description of a term/name in a description list

Tables
Tag Description

<table> Defines a table

<caption> Defines a table caption

<th> Defines a header cell in a table

<tr> Defines a row in a table

<td> Defines a cell in a table

<thead> Groups the header content in a table

<tbody> Groups the body content in a table

<tfoot> Groups the footer content in a table

<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

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