HTML Tags Ordered in Categories
See and understand the detailed usage of these tags and their attributes in
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Basic HTML
Tag Description
<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
<b> Defines bold text
<em> Defines emphasized text
<i> Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood
<mark> Defines marked/highlighted text
<q> Defines a short quotation
<small> Defines smaller 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, Underline
<marquee> For making text move on web page, horizontally or vertically
Images
Tag Description
<img> Defines an image
<picture> Defines a container for multiple image resources
Audio / Video
Tag Description
<audio> Defines sound content
<source> Defines multiple media resources for media elements (<video>, <audio> and <picture>)
<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)
Lists
Tag Description
<ul> Defines an unordered list
<ol> Defines an ordered list
<li> Defines a list item
<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
<menu> Defines a list/menu of commands
<menuitem> Defines a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu
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
Styles and Semantics
Tag Description
<style> Defines style information for a document
<div> Defines a section in a document
<span> Defines a section in a document
<header> Defines a header for a document or section
<footer> Defines a footer for a document or section
<section> Defines a section in a document
