HTML Section Summary - Web Dev. - Neils Resource Web| Summary of Content |
| A really useful reference table of the HTML elements. Links on the Names are to detailed sections on the W3.org pages. |
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Legend: Optional, Forbidden, Empty, Deprecated, Loose DTD, Frameset DTD
| Name | Start Tag | End Tag | Empty | Depr. | DTD | Description |
| A | anchor | |||||
| ABBR | abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, etc.) | |||||
| ACRONYM | ||||||
| ADDRESS | information on author | |||||
| APPLET | D | L | Java applet | |||
| AREA | F | E | client-side image map area | |||
| B | bold text style | |||||
| BASE | F | E | document base URI | |||
| BASEFONT | F | E | D | L | base font size | |
| BDO | I18N BiDi over-ride | |||||
| BIG | large text style | |||||
| BLOCKQUOTE | long quotation | |||||
| BODY | O | O | document body | |||
| BR | F | E | forced line break | |||
| BUTTON | push button | |||||
| CAPTION | table caption | |||||
| CENTER | D | L | shorthand for DIV align=center | |||
| CITE | citation | |||||
| CODE | computer code fragment | |||||
| COL | F | E | table column | |||
| COLGROUP | O | table column group | ||||
| DD | O | definition description | ||||
| DEL | deleted text | |||||
| DFN | instance definition | |||||
| DIR | D | L | directory list | |||
| DIV | generic language/style container | |||||
| DL | definition list | |||||
| DT | O | definition term | ||||
| EM | emphasis | |||||
| FIELDSET | form control group | |||||
| FONT | D | L | local change to font | |||
| FORM | interactive form | |||||
| FRAME | F | E | F | subwindow | ||
| FRAMESET | F | window subdivision | ||||
| H1 | heading | |||||
| H2 | heading | |||||
| H3 | heading | |||||
| H4 | heading | |||||
| H5 | heading | |||||
| H6 | heading | |||||
| HEAD | O | O | document head | |||
| HR | F | E | horizontal rule | |||
| HTML | O | O | document root element | |||
| I | italic text style | |||||
| IFRAME | L | inline subwindow | ||||
| IMG | F | E | Embedded image | |||
| INPUT | F | E | form control | |||
| INS | inserted text | |||||
| ISINDEX | F | E | D | L | single line prompt | |
| KBD | text to be entered by the user | |||||
| LABEL | form field label text | |||||
| LEGEND | fieldset legend | |||||
| LI | O | list item | ||||
| LINK | F | E | a media-independent link | |||
| MAP | client-side image map | |||||
| MENU | D | L | menu list | |||
| META | F | E | generic metainformation | |||
| NOFRAMES | F | alternate content container for non frame-based rendering | ||||
| NOSCRIPT | alternate content container for non script-based rendering | |||||
| OBJECT | generic embedded object | |||||
| OL | ordered list | |||||
| OPTGROUP | option group | |||||
| OPTION | O | selectable choice | ||||
| P | O | paragraph | ||||
| PARAM | F | E | named property value | |||
| PRE | preformatted text | |||||
| Q | short inline quotation | |||||
| S | D | L | strike-through text style | |||
| SAMP | sample program output, scripts, etc. | |||||
| SCRIPT | script statements | |||||
| SELECT | option selector | |||||
| SMALL | small text style | |||||
| SPAN | generic language/style container | |||||
| STRIKE | D | L | strike-through text | |||
| STRONG | strong emphasis | |||||
| STYLE | style info | |||||
| SUB | subscript | |||||
| SUP | superscript | |||||
| TABLE | ||||||
| TBODY | O | O | table body | |||
| TD | O | table data cell | ||||
| TEXTAREA | multi-line text field | |||||
| TFOOT | O | table footer | ||||
| TH | O | table header cell | ||||
| THEAD | O | table header | ||||
| TITLE | document title | |||||
| TR | O | table row | ||||
| TT | teletype or mono spaced text style | |||||
| U | D | L | underlined text style | |||
| UL | unordered list | |||||
| VAR | instance of a variable or program argument |
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Last Update: 04/03/2008 - Index of HTML Elements - Neils Resource Web
