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HTML 5
V = Which version of HTML is this tag valid for
Tag Info V Attributes*
<!-- --> comment 4 / 5 none
<!DOCTYPE> document type 4 / 5 none
<a> hyperlink 4 / 5
href | hreflang | media |
ping | rel | target | type
<abbr> abbreviation 4 / 5 global attributes**
<acronym> acronym 4 -
<address>
address ele-
ment
4 / 5 global attributes**
<applet> applet 4 -
<area>
area inside an
image map
4 / 5
alt | coords | href |
hreflang | media | ping |
rel | shape | target |
type
<article> article 5 global attributes**
<aside>
outside the
main flow of
the narrative
5 global attributes**
<audio> sound content 5
autobuffer | autoplay |
controls | loop | src
<b> bold text 4 / 5 global attributes**
<base>
base URL for all
the page links
4 / 5 href | target
<basefont>
Base font for
the document
4 -
<bdo>
direction of text
display
4 / 5 dir
<big> big text 4 -
<blockquote> long quotation 4 / 5 cite
<body> body element 4 / 5 global attributes**
<br>
inserts a single
line break
4 / 5 global attributes**
<button> push button 4 / 5
autofocus | disabled |
form | formaction |
formenctype | formme-
thod | formnovalidate |
formtarget | name |
type | value
<canvas> Graphic area 5 height | width
<caption> table caption 4 / 5 global attributes**
<center> centered text 4 -
<cite> citation 4 / 5 global attributes**
<code>
computer code
text
4 / 5 global attributes**
<col>
attributes for
table columns
4 / 5 span
<colgroup>
groups of table
columns
4 / 5 span
<command>
command
button
5
checked | default |
disabled | hidden | icon
| label | radiogroup |
type
<datagrid>
data in a tree,
list or tabular
5 disabled
<datalist> dropdown list 5
global attributes**
<dd>
definition
description
4 / 5 global attributes**
<del> deleted text 4 / 5 cite | datetime
<details>
details of an
element
5 open
<dialog>
dialog
(conversation)
5 global attributes**
<dir> directory list 4 -
<div>
section in a
document
4 / 5 global attributes**
<dfn> definition term 4 / 5 title
<dl> definition list 4 / 5 global attributes**
<dt> definition term 4 / 5 global attributes**
<em>
emphasized
text
4 / 5 global attributes**
<bb>
invoked user
agent com-
5 type
Tag Info V Attributes*
<embed>
external inter-
active content
or plugin
5
height | src | type |
width
<fieldset> fieldset 4 / 5 disabled | form | name
<figure>
group of media
content, and
their caption
5 global attributes**
<font>
text font, size,
and color
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<footer>
footer for a
section or page
5 global attributes**
<form> form 4 / 5
action | data | replace |
accept | accept-charset
| enctype | method |
target
<frame> sub window 4 -
<frameset> set of frames 4 -
<h1> to <h6>
header 1 to
header 6
4 / 5 global attributes**
<head>
information
about the
document
4 / 5 none
<header>
header for a
section or page
5 global attributes**
<hgroup> heading section 5 global attributes**
<hr> horizontal rule 4 / 5 global attributes**
<html> html document 4 / 5 manifest
<i> italic text 4 / 5 global attributes**
<iframe>
inline sub
window (frame)
4 / 5
src | name | sandbox |
seamless | width |
height
<img> image 4 / 5
alt | src | height |
ismap | usemap | width
<input> input field 4 / 5
accept | alt | auto-
complete | autofocus |
checked | disabled |
form | formaction |
formenctype | formme-
thod | formnovalidate |
formtarget | height |
list | max | maxlength |
min | multiple | name |
pattern | placeholder |
readonly | required |
size | src | step | type |
value | width
<ins> inserted text 4 / 5 cite | datetime
<isindex>
single-line input
field
4 -
<kbd> keyboard text 4 / 5 global attributes**
<label>
label for a form
control
4 / 5 for
<legend> fieldset title 4 / 5 global attributes**
<li> list item 4 / 5 value
<link>
resource
reference
4 / 5
href | rel | media |
hreflang | type | sizes
<mark> marked text 5 global attributes**
<map> image map 4 / 5 id
<menu> menu list 4 / 5 label | type
<meta>
meta informa-
tion
4 / 5
charset | content | http-
equiv | name
<meter>
measurement
within a prede-
fined range
5
high | low | max | min |
optimum | value
<nav> navigation links 5 global attributes**
<noframes> noframe section 4 -
<noscript> noscript section 4 / 5 none
<object>
embedded
object
4 / 5
data | height | type |
usemap | width | object
Tag Info V Attributes*
<ol> ordered list 4 / 5 start | reversed
<optgroup> option group 4 / 5 disabled | label
<option>
option in a
drop-down list
4 / 5
disabled | label |
selected | value
<output>
some types of
output
5 form
<p> paragraph 4 / 5 global attributes**
<param>
parameter for
an object
4 / 5 name | value
<pre>
preformatted
text
4 / 5 global attributes**
<progress>
progress of a
task of any kind
5 max | value
<q> short quotation 4 / 5 cite
<ruby>
ruby annota-
tions
5 global attributes**
<rp>
provide paren-
theses around a
ruby text
5 global attributes**
<rt>
ruby text
component
5 global attributes**
<s>
strikethrough
text
4 -
<samp>
sample com-
puter code
4 / 5 global attributes**
<script> script 4 / 5
async | type | defer |
src | charset
<section> section 5 cite
<select> selectable list 4 / 5
autofocus | data |
disabled | form |
multiple | name
<small> small text 4 / 5 global attributes**
<source>
media re-
sources
5 media | src | type
<span> inline section 4 / 5 global attributes**
<strike>
strikethrough
text
4 -
<strong> strong text 4 / 5 global attributes**
<style> style definition 4 / 5 media | type | scoped
<sub> subscripted text 4 / 5 global attributes**
<sup>
superscripted
text
4 / 5 global attributes**
<table> table 4 / 5 global attributes**
<tbody> table body 4 / 5 global attributes**
<td> table cell 4 / 5
colspan | rowspan |
headers
<textarea> text area 4 / 5
autofocus | cols |
disabled | form | name
| readonly | required |
rows | maxlength |
placeholder | wrap
<tfoot> table footer 4 / 5 global attributes**
<th> table header 4 / 5
colspan | rowspan |
scope
<thead> table header 4 / 5 global attributes**
<time> date/time 5 datetime
<title> document title 4 / 5 none
<tr> table row 4 / 5 global attributes**
<tt> teletype text 4 -
<u> underlined text 4 -
<ul> unordered list 4 / 5 global attributes**
<var> variable 4 / 5 global attributes**
<video> video 5
src | poster | autobuffer
| autoplay | loop |
controls | width | height
<xmp>
preformatted
text
4 -
* Attributes: Lists attributes specific to that tag. Deprecated (html4
only) attributes are not listed
** Global Attributes: class | contenteditable | contextmenu | dir |
draggable | id | irrelevant | lang | ref | registrationmark | tabindex |
template | title