This is a complete list of all HTML and XHTML tags, including deprecated tags. We also indicate if these are valid tags in the three different XHTML Doctypes (strict, transitional and frameset).
Tag | Description | DTD |
---|---|---|
<!--...--> | Defines a comment (code within this tag is not parsed by the HTML engine) | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<!DOCTYPE> | Defines the document type declaration | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<a> | Defines an anchor (e.g. a hyperlink) | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<abbr> | Defines an abbreviation | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<acronym> | Defines an acronym | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<address> | Defines an address element | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<applet> | Deprecated Defines an applet | Transitional,Frameset |
<area> | Defines an area inside an image map | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<b> | Defines bold text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<base> | Defines a base URL for all the links in a page (current work directory) | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<basefont> | Deprecated Defines a base font | Transitional,Frameset |
<bdo> | Defines the direction of text display | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<big> | Defines big text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<blockquote> | Defines a long quotation | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<body> | Defines the body element | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<br> | Inserts a single line break | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<button> | Defines a push button | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<caption> | Defines a table caption | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<center> | Deprecated Defines centered text | Transitional,Frameset |
<cite> | Defines a citation | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<code> | Defines computer code text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<col> | Defines attributes for table columns | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<colgroup> | Defines groups of table columns | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<dd> | Defines a definition description | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<del> | Defines deleted text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<dir> | Deprecated Defines a directory list | Transitional,Frameset |
<div> | Defines a section in a document | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<dfn> | Defines a definition term | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<dl> | Defines a definition list | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<dt> | Defines a definition term | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<em> | Defines emphasized text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<fieldset> | Defines a fieldset | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<font> | Deprecated Defines text font, size, and color | Transitional,Frameset |
<form> | Defines a form | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<frame> | Defines a frame | Frameset |
<frameset> | Defines a set of frames | Frameset |
<h1> to <h6> | Defines text headings from 1 to 6 (in descending order of importance) | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<head> | Defines information about the document | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<hr> | Defines a horizontal rule | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<html> | Defines an html document | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<i> | Defines italic text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<iframe> | Defines an inline frame | Transitional,Frameset |
<img> | Defines an image | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<input> | Defines an input field | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<ins> | Defines inserted text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<kbd> | Defines keyboard text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<label> | Defines a label for a form control | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<legend> | Defines a title in a fieldset | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<li> | Defines a list item | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<link> | Defines a resource reference | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<map> | Defines an image map | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<menu> | Deprecated Defines a menu list | Transitional,Frameset |
<meta> | Defines meta information | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<noframes> | Defines a noframe section | Transitional,Frameset |
<noscript> | Defines a noscript section | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<object> | Defines an embedded object | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<ol> | Defines an ordered list | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<optgroup> | Defines an option group | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<option> | Defines an option in a drop-down list | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<p> | Defines a paragraph | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<param> | Defines a parameter for an object | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<pre> | Defines preformatted text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<q> | Defines a short quotation | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<s> | Deprecated Defines strikethrough text | Transitional,Frameset |
<samp> | Defines sample computer code | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<script> | Defines a script | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<select> | Defines a selectable list | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<small> | Defines small text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<span> | Defines a section in a document | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<strike> | Deprecated Defines strikethrough text | Transitional,Frameset |
<strong> | Defines strong text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<style> | Defines a style definition | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<sub> | Defines subscripted text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<sup> | Defines superscripted text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<table> | Defines a table | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<tbody> | Defines a table body | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<td> | Defines a table cell | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<textarea> | Defines a text area | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<tfoot> | Defines a table footer | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<th> | Defines a table header | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<thead> | Defines a table header | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<title> | Defines the document title | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<tr> | Defines a table row | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<tt> | Defines teletype text | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<u> | Deprecated Defines underlined text | Transitional,Frameset |
<ul> | Defines an unordered list | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |
<var> | Defines a variable | Strict,Transitional,Frameset |