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Basic HTML

The document defines HTML tags for formatting text, inserting images, creating links and navigation, embedding multimedia like audio and video, constructing forms and input fields, and organizing content using lists. It provides a brief description of each tag's purpose and functionality.

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65 views5 pages

Basic HTML

The document defines HTML tags for formatting text, inserting images, creating links and navigation, embedding multimedia like audio and video, constructing forms and input fields, and organizing content using lists. It provides a brief description of each tag's purpose and functionality.

Uploaded by

Andrey Marcos
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
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Basic HTML <bdo> Overrides the current text direction

Tag Description
<big> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines big text
<!DOCTYPE>  Defines the document type

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


<html> Defines an HTML document

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


<head> Contains metadata/information for the document
Defines centered text

<title> Defines a title for the document


<cite> Defines the title of a work

<body> Defines the document's body


<code> Defines a piece of computer code

<h1> to <h6> Defines HTML headings


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

<p> Defines a paragraph


<dfn> Specifies a term that is going to be defined within the content

<br> Inserts a single line break


<em> Defines emphasized text 

<hr> Defines a thematic change in the content


<font> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines font, color, and size for text
<!--...--> Defines a comment
<i> Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood

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

Formatting <kbd> Defines keyboard input

Tag Description
<mark> Defines marked/highlighted text

<acronym> Not supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead.


<meter> Defines a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge)
Defines an acronym

<pre> Defines preformatted text


<abbr> Defines an abbreviation or an acronym

<progress> Represents the progress of a task


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

<q> Defines a short quotation


<b> Defines bold text

<rp> Defines what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations
<bdi> Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction
from other text outside it
<rt> Defines an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian
typography) Forms and Input
Tag Description
<ruby> Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)
<form> Defines an HTML form for user input
<s> Defines text that is no longer correct
<input> Defines an input control
<samp> Defines sample output from a computer program
<textarea> Defines a multiline input control (text area)
<small> Defines smaller text
<button> Defines a clickable button
<strike> Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead.
Defines strikethrough text
<select> Defines a drop-down list

<strong> Defines important text


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

<sub> Defines subscripted text


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

<sup> Defines superscripted text


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

<template> Defines a container for content that should be hidden when the page
<fieldset> Groups related elements in a form
loads

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


<time> Defines a specific time (or datetime)

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


<tt> Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
Defines teletype text
<output> Defines the result of a calculation
<u> Defines some text that is unarticulated and styled differently from normal
text
Links
<var> Defines a variable
Tag Description
<wbr> Defines a possible line-break
<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


Frames
Tag Description
Audio / Video
<frame> Not supported in HTML5.
Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset Tag Description

<frameset> Not supported in HTML5. <audio> Defines sound content


Defines a set of frames
<source> Defines multiple media resources for media elements (<video>, <audio>
<noframes> Not supported in HTML5. and <picture>)
Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames
<track> Defines text tracks for media elements (<video> and <audio>)
<iframe> Defines an inline frame
<video> Defines a video or movie

Images
Lists
Tag Description
Tag Description
<img> Defines an image
<ul> Defines an unordered list
<map> Defines a client-side image map
<ol> Defines an ordered list
<area> Defines an area inside an image map
<li> Defines a list item
<canvas> Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript)
<dir> Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead.
<figcaption> Defines a caption for a <figure> element Defines a directory list

<figure> Specifies self-contained content <dl> Defines a description list

<picture> Defines a container for multiple image resources <dt> Defines a term/name in a description list

<svg> Defines a container for SVG graphics <dd> Defines a description of a term/name in a description list
Tables Styles and Semantics
Tag Description Tag Description

<table> Defines a table

<caption> Defines a table caption <style> Defines style information for a document

<th> Defines a header cell in a table <div> Defines a section in a document

<tr> Defines a row in a table <span> Defines a section in a document

<td> Defines a cell in a table <header> Defines a header for a document or section

<thead> Groups the header content in a table <footer> Defines a footer for a document or section

<tbody> Groups the body content in a table <main> Specifies the main content of a document

<tfoot> Groups the footer content in a table <section> Defines a section in a document

<col> Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element <article> Defines an article

<colgroup> Specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting <aside> Defines content aside from the page content

<details> Defines additional details that the user can view or hide
Meta Info
<dialog> Defines a dialog box or window
Tag Description
<summary> Defines a visible heading for a <details> element
<head> Defines information about the document
<data> Adds a machine-readable translation of a given content
<meta> Defines metadata about an HTML document

<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
Programming
Tag Description

<script> Defines a client-side script

<noscript> Defines an alternate content for users that do not support client-side
scripts

<applet> Not supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or <object> instead.


Defines an embedded applet

<embed> Defines a container for an external (non-HTML) application

<object> Defines an embedded object

<param> Defines a parameter for an object

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