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Tags | Description | Syntax | Example |
paragraphs | The <p> tag in HTML defines a paragraph. These have both opening and closing tags. | <p> Content </p> | |
anchor | The anchor tag in HTML is used to create a hyperlink on the webpage. | This is an anchor <a href="#">This is an anchor</a> |
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break | The break tag inserts a single carriage return or breaks in the document. This element has no end tag. | <br> | |
div | The div tag is used in HTML to make divisions of content in the web page (text, images, header, footer, navigation bar, etc). | <div>Content</div> | |
span | The HTML span element is a generic inline container for inline elements and content. | <span class="">text content of span</span> | |
heading | An HTML heading tag is used to define the headings of a page. These 6 heading elements are h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, and h6; with h1 being the highest level and h6 being the least.
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image | HTML Image, how to add the image in HTML. In earlier times, the web pages only contains textual content, which made them appear quite boring and uninteresting. | <img src="url" alt="some_text" width="" height=""> | |
svg | HTML SVG Basics, & their implementation through the examples. SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. | <svg height="" width=""> | |
list | The list tag in HTML is used to define the list item in an HTML document. It is used within an Ordered List <ol> or Unordered List <ul>. |
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hr | The hr tag in HTML stands for horizontal rule and is used to insert a horizontal rule. | <hr> | |
Text formattingfont b strong i em u blockquote ins del sup sub |
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font | The font tag in HTML plays an important role in the web page to create an attractive and readable web page. | <font attribute = “value"> Content </font> | |
bold | The bold tag in HTML is used to specify the bold text without any extra importance. | contents of the bold tag | |
strong | The strong tag in HTML is the parsed tag and is used to show the importance of the text. Make that text bold. | contents of the strong tag | |
italic | This tag is generally used to display a technical term, phrase, the important word in a different language. | text content of the i tag | |
phrase | In HTML, phrase tag is used to indicate the structural meaning of a block of text. | text content in the em tag | |
underline | The underline tag in HTML stands for underline, and it's used to underline the text enclosed within the <u> tag. | text content of u tag | |
blockquote | The blockquote tag in HTML is used to display the long quotations (a section that is quoted from another source). | text content of blockquote tag |
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ins | The ins tag is typically used to mark a range of text that has been added to the document. | <ins> Contents… </ins> | |
delete | Delete tag is used to mark a portion of text which has been deleted from the document. | ||
sub and sup |
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Normal text superscript text Normal text subscript text |
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HTML Structuredoctype html head title meta link body |
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!DOCTYPE html | According to the HTML specification or standards, every HTML document requires a document type declaration. | < !DOCTYPE html > | |
html | The html tag in HTML is used to define the root of HTML and XHTML documents. | <html> Contents </html> | |
head | The head tag in HTML is used to define the head portion of the document which contains information related to the document. | <head>…</head> | |
title | The title tag in HTML is used to define the title of HTML document. It sets the title in the browser toolbar. | <title> Title name </title> | |
meta | The meta tag is regularly used to give watchwords, portrayals, author data, and other metadata that might be utilized by the program to deliver the document accurately or in simple words, it provides important information about a document. | <meta attribute-name="value"> | |
link | The link tag is included in the head tag and defines the relationship between the current document and an external resource. Most often it is used to link to external style sheets or to add a favicon to html. The <link> element is an empty element as it contains attributes only. | <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css"> | |
body | The body tag in HTML is used to define the main content present inside an HTML page. | <body> Contents… </body> | |
Document Structurenav main section article aside header footer |
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nav | The nav tag is used for declaring the navigational section in HTML documents. Websites typically have sections dedicated to navigational links, which enables users to navigate the site. | <nav> Links… </nav> | |
main | The main tag is used to give the main information of a document. The content inside the <main> element should be unique for the document. | <main>Contents</main> | |
section | Section tag defines the section of documents such as chapters, headers, footers, or any other sections. | <section> Section Contents </section> | |
article | The <article> tag is one of the new sectioning element in HTML5. The tag is used to represent an article. | <article>..</article> | |
aside | The <aside> tag is used to describe the main object of the web page in a shorter way like a highlighter. | <aside>..</aside> | |
header | The header tag is used to contain the information related to the title and heading of the related content. | <header> …</header> | |
footer | The footer tag in HTML is used to define a footer of HTML document. This section contains the footer information. | <footer> … </footer> | |
Table formattingtable thead tbody tfoot tr th td |
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table | HTML Table, various ways to implement it, & will also understand its usage through the examples. HTML Table is an arrangement of data in rows and columns, or possibly in a more complex structure. | <table>… </table> | |
thead | This tag is used in HTML tables as head and body which are known as thead and tbody. | <thead>Table head Contents…</thead> | |
tbody | The tbody tag in HTML is used to make a group of the same type of content of the body element. | <tbody> // Table contents </tbody> | |
tfoot | This tag is used in HTML table with header and body which is known as “thead" and “tbody". | <tfoot> // Table footer contents… </tfoot> | |
tr | The table row tag is used to define a row in an HTML table. The <tr> element contains multiple <th> or <td> elements. | <tr>…..</tr> | |
th | The table header tag in HTML is used to set the header cell of a table. Two types of cells in the HTML table Header & Standard. | <th> Contents… </th> | |
td | The table data tag is used to define a standard cell in an HTML table. | <td>……..</td> | |
Form elementsform button input select optgroup option textarea label progress meter |
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form | This form is used basically for the registration process, logging into your profile on a website or creating your profile on a website, etc … | <form> Form Content… </form> | |
button | The button tag in HTML is used to define the clickable button. <button> tag is used to submit the content. | <button type = “button"> | |
input | The input tag is used within < form> element to declare input controls that allow users to input data. |
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select | The select tag is used inside form element to create dropdown | <select name="" id=""></select> |
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optgroup | This tag is used to create a group of the same category options in a drop-down list. | <optgroup>…</optgroup> | |
option | The option tag in HTML is used to choose an option from a Drop-Down menu. | <option> Contents… </option> | |
textarea | The textarea tag is used inside form element to create dropdown | <textarea name="" id="" ></textarea> |
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label | The label tag in HTML is used to provide a usability improvement for mouse users. | <label> form content… </label> | |
progress | It is used to represent the progress of a task. It is also defined how much work is done and how much is left to download a thing. | Loading... 75/100 |
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meter | It is used to define the scale for measurement in a well-defined range and also supports a fractional value. | ||
Embedding contentiframe embed object audio video track |
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Iframes | The iframe tag defines a rectangular region within the document in which the browser can display a separate document. | <iframe src="URL" title="description"></iframe> | |
embed | It is used as a container for embedding plug-ins such as flash animations. | <embed attributes> | |
object | The object tag is an HTML tag used to display multimedia like audio, videos, images, PDFs, and Flash on web pages. | <object>…</object> | |
audio | It is a useful tag if you want to add audio such as songs, interviews, etc. on your webpage. | <audio>..</audio> |
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video | HTML5 Video, along with knowing the different ways to add the videos to the HTML page. | <video src="" controls> </video> |
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track | The tracking tag specifies text tracks for media components audio and video. | <track attribute> | |
Tags that relate to codestyle script noscript pre code comment |
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style | The style tag in HTML helps us to design the web page. | <style>CSS rules </style> <tagname style="property:value;"> |
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script | The script tag in HTML is used to define the client-side script. | <script> Script Contents… </script> | |
noscript | The noscript tag in HTML is used to display the text for those browsers which does not support the script tag or the browsers disable the script by the user. | <noscript> Contents… </noscript> | |
pre | The pre tag in HTML is used to define the block of preformatted text which preserves the text spaces. | console.log("My name is ", sasban) var count = 1 i++<pre> Contents… </pre> |
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code | The code tag in HTML is used to define the piece of computer code. | console.log("My name is ", sasban) <code>Contents</code> |
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comment | The comment tag is used to insert comments in the HTML code. | <!- Here is a comment -> |
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Tags | Description | Syntax | Example |
abbreviation | The abbreviation tag in HTML is used to define the abbreviation or short form of an element. | <abbr title=" “> … </abbr> | |
acronym | The acronym tag in HTML is used to define the acronym that gives useful information to browsers, translation systems, and search engines. | <acronym title=" “> … </acronym> | |
address | The address tag in HTML indicates the contact information of a person or an organization. | <address> … </address> | |
applet | The applet tag in HTML was used to embed Java applets into any HTML document, discontinued starting from HTML 5. | <applet>….</applet> | |
area | This area tag is used in an HTML document to map a portion of an image to make it clickable by the end-user. | <area> | |
base | The HTML base tag is used to specify a base URI, or URL, for relative links. This URL will be the base URL for every link on the page. | <base href = " “> | |
basefont | This tag is used to set the default text-color, font-size, & font-family of all the text in the browser. Not supported in HTML5. | <basefont> | |
bdi | The bdi tag refers to Bi-Directional Isolation. It differentiates a text from other text that may be formatted in a different direction. | <bdi> … </bdi> | |
bdo | The bdo stands for Bi-Directional Override. This tag is used to specify the text direction or used to change the current direction. | <bdo dir> Contents… </bdo> | |
bgsound | The bgsound tag is used to play the soundtrack in the background. | <bgsound src=""> | |
big | The big tag in HTML is used to increase the selected text size by one larger than the surrounding text. In HTML 5. | <big> Contents… </big> | |
caption | The caption tag is used to specify the caption of a table. Only one caption can be specified for one table. | <caption align = “value"></caption> | |
canvas | It can be used to draw paths, boxes, texts, gradients, and add images. | <canvas id = “script"> Contents</canvas> | |
center | The center tag in HTML is used to set the alignment of text in the center. Not supported in HTML5. | <center> Contents.</center> | |
cite | The cite tag in HTML is used to define the title of a work. It displays the text in italic format. | <cite>Content</cite> | |
colgroup | It is useful for applying styles to entire columns, instead of repeating the styles for each column, and for each row | <colgroup> Column lists </colgroup> | |
column | The col tag in HTML is used to set the column properties for each column within a colgroup tag. | <col attribute = “value"> | |
data | The data element gives an address to a given content with a machine-readable translator. | <data value=""> Contents </data> | |
datalist | The datalist tag is used to provide autocomplete feature & used with an input tag so that users can easily fill the data in the forms using select the data. | <datalist>Contents</datalist> | |
dd | The dd tag is used to denote the description or definition of an item in a description list. | <dd>Contents</dd> | |
define | The define tag in HTML represents the definition element and is used to represent a defining instance in HTML. | <dfn>Contents</dfn> | |
details | This tag is used to create an interactive widget that the user can open or close. | <details>Contents</details> | |
dialog | This tag is used to create a popup dialog and models on a web page. This tag is new in HTML5. |
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dir | The dir tag is used to make a list of directory titles. It is not supported in HTML 5 <ul> or CSS are used instead of <dir> tag. | <dir> Lists… </dir> | |
dl | The dl tag in HTML is used to represent the description list. In HTML4.1, it defines definition list and in HTML5, it defines description list. | <dl> Contents… </dl> | |
dt | The dt tag in HTML is used to specify the description list. It is used inside the <dl> element. It is usually followed by a <dd> tag. | <dt> Content… </dt> | |
fieldset | The fieldset tag in HTML5 is used to make a group of related elements in the form, and it creates the box over the elements. | <fieldset>Contents</fieldset> | |
figcaption | The figurecaption tag in HTML is used to set a caption to the figure element in a document. This tag is new in HTML5. | <figcaption> Figure caption </figcaption> | |
figure | The figure tag in HTML is used to add self-contained content like illustrations, diagrams, photos, or codes listed in a document. | <figure> Image content… </figure> | |
frame | HTML Frames are used to divide the web browser window into multiple sections. Not supported in HTML5. | <frame/> | |
frameset | The frameset element contains one or more frame elements. It is used to specify the number of rows and columns in a frameset with their pixel of spaces. | <frameset cols = “pixels|%|*"> | |
hgroup | The hgroup tag in HTML is used to wrap one or more heading elements from <h1> to <h6>, such as the headings and sub-headings. | <hgroup> … </hgroup> | |
isindex | The index tag is used to query any document through a text field. | <isindex prompt="search"> | |
kbd | The text enclosed within kbd tag is typically displayed in the browser’s default monospace font. | text content of kbd tag | |
keygen | The keygen tag in HTML is used to specify a key-pair generator field in a form. When a form is submitted then two keys are generated, the private key and a public key. | <keygen name = “name"> | |
legend | The legend tag is used to define the title for the child contents. The legend elements are the parent element. | <legend> Text </legend> | |
mark | The mark tag in HTML is used to define the marked text. It is used to highlight the part of the text in a paragraph. | <mark> Contents… </mark> | |
marquee | The marquee tag in HTML is used to create scrolling text or images on a webpage. It scrolls either horizontally or vertically. | ||
menuitem | The menuitem tag is used to define a command or menu that the user can utilize from the popup item. Not supported in HTML5. | <menuitem label="" icon="" type> </menuitem> | |
nobreak | The no break tag is used to create a single line text, that does not matter how long the statement is, this tag is used with <wbr> tag. | <nobr> Statement </nobr> | |
noembed | The noembed tag is used to show that the browser does not support <embed> tag. | <noembed> Element </noembed> | |
output | The output tag in HTML is used to represent the result of a calculation performed by the client-side script such as JavaScript. | <output> Results… </output> | |
param | The param tag in HTML is used to define a parameter for plug-ins which is associated with <object> element. | <param name="" value=""> | |
q | The q tag is a standard quotation tag and is used for short quotations. | contents of the q tag |
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rp | The rp tag in HTML is used to provide parentheses around a ruby main text which defines the information. | <rp>[</rp> Explaination… <rp>]</rp> | |
rt | The rt tag in HTML is used to define the explanation of the ruby annotation which is a small text, attached to the main text. | <rt> Explanation… </rt> | |
ruby | The ruby tag in HTML is used to specify the ruby annotation which is a small text, attached with the main text to specify the meaning of the main text. | <ruby attributes> Contents… </ruby> | |
s | This tag is used to specify that the text content is no longer correct or accurate. This tag is similar but slightly different from <del> tag. | ||
samp | It is a phrase tag used to define the sample output text from a computer program. | <samp> Contents… </samp> | |
small | The small tag in HTML is used to set small font sizes. It decreases the font size by one size (from medium to small, from x-large to large). | contents of the small tag | |
source | The source tag in HTML is used to attach multimedia files like audio, video, and pictures. | <source src="" type=""> </source> | |
spacer | The spacer tag is used to create some white space. Not-supported in HTML5 . | <spacer type="" size=""> | |
strike | This tag creates a cut line in the text. This tag is depreciated from HTML 5. Now, the <del> tag is used instead of this tag. | ||
summary | The <summary> tag in HTML is used to define a summary for the <details> element. | <summary> Content </summary> | |
template | The template tag in HTML is used to store the HTML code fragments, which can be cloned and inserted in an HTML document. | <template> Contents </template> | |
time | The time tag is used to display the human-readable date/time. It can also be used to encode dates and times in a machine-readable form. | <time attribute> Time… </time> | |
tt | The tt tag is the abbreviation of teletype text. This tag is depreciated from HTML 5. It was used for marking Keyboard input. | <tt> Contents… </tt> | |
var | It is a phrase tag used to specify the variable in a mathematical equation or in a computer program. | <var> Contents… </var> | |
wbr | The wbr tag is used to define the position within the text which is treated as a line break by the browser. | <wbr> | |
xmp | The XMP tag is used to create any content in letter format. | <xmp> statement </xmp> |