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Contents 1 List of HTML Elements 1.1 [a] 1.2 [b] 1.3 [c] 1.4 [d] 1.5 [e] 1.6 [f] 1.7 [g] 1.8 [h] 1.9 [i] 1.10 [j] 1.11 [k] 1.12 [l] 1.13 [m] 1.14 [n] 1.15 [o] 1.16 [p] 1.17 [q] 1.18 [r] 1.19 [s] 1.20 [t] 1.21 [u] 1.22 [v] 1.23 [w] 1.24 [x] 1.25 [y] 1.26 [z] 1.27 See Also 1.28 References

List of HTML Elements

The following is a comprehensive list of possible HTML elements, as listed in the HTML 4 index of elements, with a brief description of each.

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[a]

a 

anchor

abbr 

abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, URI, etc.) (see also acronym)

acronym 

an acronym (e.g., WAC, radar, laser, etc.) (see also abbr)

address 

information on author

applet 

Java applet

area 

client-side image map area

[b]

b 

bold text style

base 

document base URI

basefont 

base font size

bdo 

I18N BiDi over-ride

big 

large text style

blockquote 

long quotation (see also q)

body 

document body

br 

forced line break

button 

push button

[c]

caption 

table caption

center 

shorthand for DIV align=center

cite 

citation

code 

computer code fragment

col 

table column

colgroup 

table column group

[d]

dd 

definition description

del 

deleted text

dfn 

instance definition

dir 

directory list

div 

generic language/style container

dl 

definition list

dt 

definition term

[e]

em 

emphasis

[f]

fieldset 

form control group

font-element|font 

local change to font

form 

interactive form

frame 

subwindow

frameset 

window subdivision

[g]

[h]

h1 

heading, level 1 (top level)

h2 

heading, level 2

h3 

heading, level 3

h4 

heading, level 4

h5 

heading, level 5

h6 

heading, level 6 (bottom level)

Hn 

The H1 through H6 elements are sometimes referred to collectively as Hn, where the "n" stands in for a digit

head 

document head

hr 

horizontal rule

html 

document root element

[i]

i 

italic text style

iframe 

inline subwindow

img 

Embedded image

input 

form control

ins 

inserted text

isindex 

single line prompt

[j]

[k]

kbd 

text to be entered by the user

[l]

label 

form field label text

legend 

fieldset legend

li 

list item

link 

a media-independent link

[m]

map 

client-side image map

menu 

menu list

meta 

generic metainformation

[n]

noframes 

alternate content container for non frame-based rendering

noscript 

alternate content container for non script-based rendering

[o]

object 

generic embedded object

ol 

ordered list

optgroup 

option group

option 

selectable choice

[p]

p 

paragraph

param 

named property value

pre 

preformatted text

[q]

q 

short inline quotation (see also blockquote])

[r]

[s]

s 

strike-through text style

samp 

sample program output, scripts, etc.

script 

script statements

select 

option selector

small 

small text style

span 

generic language/style container

strike 

strike-through text

strong 

strong emphasis

style 

style info

sub 

subscript

sup 

superscript

[t]

table 

A table

tbody 

table body

td 

table data cell

textarea 

multi-line text field

tfoot 

table footer

th 

table header cell

thead 

table header

title 

document title

tr 

table row

tt 

teletype or monospaced text style

[u]

u 

underlined text style

ul 

unordered list

[v]

var 

instance of a variable or program argument

[w]

[x]

[y]

[z]

See Also

• HTMLPedia: List of CSS Properties

References

• W3C Specification: HTML 4.01