HTML Tag Reference

All of the HTML 4.01 tag references can be found in the table below. Click on the element name to be taken to a more detailed page of the tag.

TAG	Description
<!--...-->	Defines a comment
<DOCTYPE>	Defines the document type
<a>	Defines an anchor / hyperlink
<abbr>	Defines an abbreviation
<acronym>	Defines an acronym
<address>	Defines contact information for the author of a document
<applet>	-Deprecated- Defines an embedded applet
<area>	Defines an area inside an image map
<b>	Defines bold text
<base>	Defines a default target for all links on a page
<basefront>	-Deprecated- Defines a default font, color or size for the text in a page
<bdo>	Defines the text direction
<big>	Defines big text
<blockquote>	Defines a long quotation
<body>	Defines the document's body
<br>	Defines a line break
<button>	Defines a push button
<caption>	Defines a table caption
<center>	-Deprecated- Defines centered text
<cite>	Defines a citation
<code>	Defines computer code text
<col>	Defines attribute values for one or more columns in a table
<colgroup>	Defines a group of columns in a table for formatting
<dd>	Defines a description of a term in a definition list
<del>	Defines deleted text
<dfn>	Defines a definition term
<dir>	-Deprecated- Defines a directory list
<div>	Defines a section in a document
<dl>	Defines a definition list
<dt>	Defines a term (an item) in a definition list
<em>	Defines emphasized text
<fieldset>	Defines a border around elements in a form
<font>	-Deprecated- Defines font, color, and size for text
<form>	Defines an HTML form for user input
<frame>	Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset
<frameset>	Defines a set of frames
<h1>	Defines HTML headings
<h2>	Defines HTML headings
<h3>	Defines HTML headings
<h4>	Defines HTML headings
<h5>	Defines HTML headings
<h6>	Defines HTML headings
<head>	Defines information about the document
<hr>	Defines a horizontal line
<html>	Defines an HTML document
<i>	Defines italic text
<iframe>	Defines an inline frame
<img>	Defines an image
<input>	Defines an input control
<ins>	Defines inserted text
<isindex>	-Deprecated- Defines a searchable index related to a document
<kbd>	Defines keyboard text
<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
<map>	Defines an image-map
<menu>	-Deprecated- Defines a menu list
<meta>	Defines metadata about an HTML document
<noframes>	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 select list
<option>	Defines an option in a select list
<p>	Defines a paragraph
<param>	Defines a parameter for an object
<pre>	Defines preformatted text
<q>	Defines a short quotation
<s>	-Deprecated- Defines strikethrough text
<samp>	Defines sample computer code
<script>	Defines a client-side script
<select>	Defines a select list (drop-down list)
<small>	Defines small text
<span>	Defines a section in a document
<strike>	-Deprecated- Defines strikethrough text
<strong>	Defines strong text
<style>	Defines style information for a document
<sub>	Defines subscripted text
<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 multi-line text input control
<tfoot>	Groups the footer content in a table
<th>	Defines a header cell in a table
<thead>	Groups the header content in a table
<title>	Defines the title of a document
<tr>	Defines a row in a table
<tt>	Defines teletype text
<u>	-Deprecated- Defines underlined text
<ul>	Defines an unordered list
<var>	Defines a variable part of a text

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