Summary -
In this topic, we described about the tags reference in detail.
| Tag | Description | Introduced in HTML5 | Depreciated in HTML5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| <!--...--> | To insert the comments in HTML document | ||
| <!DOCTYPE> | Supports the browser to display a web page properly | ||
| <a> | Hypertext anchor (hyperlink) from one page to another | ||
| <abbr> | Specifies an abbreviation of an element | ||
| <acronym> | Define an acronym | Yes | |
| <address> | Specifies the contact information for a page or document | ||
| <applet> | Specifies an embedded java applet | Yes | |
| <area> | Defines an area in an image | ||
| <article> | Specify the standalone content in HTML documents | Yes | |
| <aside> | Defines some content aside from the content placed in the HTML document | Yes | |
| <audio> | Defines sound/music/other audio streams in the HTML document | Yes | |
| <b> | Used to display the text as bold | ||
| <base> | Specifies the base location from where the links to made | ||
| <basefont> | Text family, size and color will be specified | Yes | |
| <bdi> | Isolates text from its current environment where bidirectional formatting required | Yes | |
| <bdo> | Bi-Directional override element uses <bdo> tag | ||
| <bgsound> | Used to insert a background audio track in an HTML Page | Yes | |
| <big> | To display the text as big text | Yes | |
| <blockquote> | Used to define a quote section | ||
| <body> | Contain the actual content area of a webpage structure | ||
| <br> | Used to break the line of display | ||
| <button> | Used to represent the button control in an HTML document | ||
| <canvas> | Used for dynamically creating graphics | Yes | |
| <caption> | Used to define table captions | ||
| <center> | Used to align the text to center | Yes | |
| <cite> | Used to define the title of work | ||
| <code> | Used to define the computer code | ||
| <col> | Specifies one or more column in a table | ||
| <colgroup> | Used to specify the column group in table | ||
| <datalist> | Used to specify the list of pre-defined options for <input> element | Yes | |
| <dd> | Used to specify the term/description/name in a description list | ||
| <del> | Used for editorial deletion | ||
| <details> | Used to specify additional details | Yes | |
| <dfn> | Used to defining instance of a term | ||
| <dialog> | Used to represent the dialog box or window | Yes | |
| <dir> | Used to list the directory titles | Yes | |
| <div> | Used to create block-level elements | ||
| <dl> | Description list | ||
| <dt> | Definition term or description list term | ||
| <em> | Emphasized text | ||
| <embed> | Embedding an external application or content into the current HTML documents | Yes | |
| <fieldset> | Grouping related form elements | ||
| <figcaption> | Defines Caption or legend for <figure> tag | Yes | |
| <figure> | Self-contained content reference as a single unit | Yes | |
| <font> | Text face, size and color will be specified | Yes | |
| <footer> | Specifies the footer of the HTML document | Yes | |
| <form> | A Facility to submit the input data by user | ||
| <frame> | To define a window in another window or frameset | Yes | |
| <frameset> | Define a Frameset | Yes | |
| <h1> - <h6> | Used to define HTML headings | ||
| <head> | Container for all Head element | ||
| <header> | The header of the page or section | Yes | |
| <hr> | Horizontal Rule in HTML document | ||
| <html> | The HTML element can contain the coding for entire html document | ||
| <i> | Alternate Voice or different quality of text | ||
| <iframe> | Nested browsing context or inline frame | ||
| <img> | Used to display images on the pages | ||
| <input> | Used to represent the input form control | ||
| <ins> | Editorial Insertion | ||
| <kbd> | Keyboard Input | ||
| <keygen> | Generating a key pair | Yes | |
| <label> | Caption or label for the form control in HTML documents | ||
| <legend> | Used to specify caption for the parent element | ||
| <li> | Used to represent a list item in HTML document | ||
| <link> | Used to define link between external resource from HTML document | ||
| <main> | Tag represents the main content area in HTML document | Yes | |
| <map> | Used for declaring an image map | ||
| <mark> | Used to display the text as highlighted text | Yes | |
| <marquee> | Used to scrolling text or image across a defined section of a webpage in a horizontal or vertical direction | Yes | |
| <menu> | Used to specify the list of menu commands in HTML documents | ||
| <menuitem> | Used to specify the command or menuitem that user can invoke from a popup menu | Yes | |
| <meta> | Represents HTML document metadata | ||
| <meter> | A scalar measurement of known range | Yes | |
| <nav> | Specifies the navigation area | Yes | |
| <noframes> | Used to specify the fallback message for browsers that do not support frames | Yes | |
| <noscript> | Used if scripting is unsupported or disabled | ||
| <object> | Embedded object or external object in an HTML documents | ||
| <ol> | Ordered list in html documents | ||
| <optgroup> | Used to specify Selection form control option group | ||
| <option> | Used to specified option items within a <select> or <datalist> list | ||
| <output> | Displays the Result of the calculation or user action | Yes | |
| <p> | Paragraph | ||
| <param> | Passes the parameters to plugin | ||
| <pre> | Preformatted text in HTML document | ||
| <progress> | Task completion progress | Yes | |
| <q> | Short quotation in the HTML documents | ||
| <rb> | Ruby base text in HTML documents | Yes | |
| <rp> | Ruby fall back text of ruby annotations in HTML documents | Yes | |
| <rt> | Specifies an explanation or pronunciation of characters | Yes | |
| <ruby> | Represents ruby annotation | Yes | |
| <s> | Specifies the text is no longer correct, accurate or relevant | ||
| <samp> | Sample formatting is used to define the computer output | ||
| <script> | Inserting scripts in the HTML document | ||
| <section> | Section in the HTML documents | Yes | |
| <select> | Used to create the drop down lost for user selection | ||
| <small> | Small text in HTML document | ||
| <source> | Alternative media resources on media elements | Yes | |
| <span> | Generic container for text or group inline-elements HTML | ||
| <strike> | Strike through text in HTML document | Yes | |
| <strong> | Strong importance text in HTML document | ||
| <style> | Used to define styles for the HTML document | ||
| <sub> | Subscript in HTML document | ||
| <summary> | Used to specify the visible heading | Yes | |
| <sup> | Used to display the text as Superscripted text | ||
| <table> | Represents a table in an HTML document | ||
| <tbody> | Group a block of table rows in HTML document | ||
| <td> | Table data cell in table HTML documents | ||
| <template> | To declare clone and inserted blocks with JavaScript | ||
| <textarea> | Multi-line plain text editor control in form of HTML documents | ||
| <tfoot> | Table footer or table summary in HTML document | ||
| <th> | Table header or table header cell in HTML document | ||
| <thead> | Row group consisting of table header columns in HTML document | ||
| <time> | Date and/or time in HTML document | Yes | |
| <title> | Defines the title of the document | ||
| <tr> | Used to specify the row in an HTML <table> | ||
| <track> | Timed text track for media elements | Yes | |
| <tt> | Teletype text in HTML document | Yes | |
| <u> | Unarticulated text/underlined text in HTML document | ||
| <ul> | Unordered list in HTML document | ||
| <var> | Defines a variable or Variable formatting in HTML document | ||
| <video> | Defines video or movie streams in the HTML document | Yes | |
| <wbr> | Word break in HTML document | Yes |