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 |