HTML Tags



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).

HTML Tag List

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

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