If you need a quick cheat sheet for HTML5 elements, use this table. It contains all the standard HTML5 elements you would use to build out a page. These items…
HTML5 Tag Reference
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If you need a quick cheat sheet for HTML5 elements, use this table. It contains all the standard HTML5 elements you would use to build out a page. These items conform to the new HTML5.1 W3C standard.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <!–…–> | Specifies a comment |
| <!DOCTYPE> | Specifies the document type |
| <a> | Specifies an anchor |
| <abbr> | Specifies an abbreviation |
| <acronym> | Deprecated:Specifies an acronym |
| <address> | Specifies an address element |
| <applet> | Deprecated: Specifies an applet |
| <area> | Specifies an area inside an image map |
| <article> | New Tag: Specifies an independent piece of content of a document, such as a blog entry or newspaper article |
| <aside> | New Tag:Specifies a piece of content that is only slightly related to the rest of the page. |
| <audio> | New Tag:Specifies an audio file. |
| <base> | Specifies a base URL for all the links in a page |
| <basefont> | Deprecated: Specifies a base font |
| <bdo> | Specifies the direction of text display |
| <bgsound> | Specifies the background music |
| <blink> | Specifies a text which blinks |
| <blockquote> | Specifies a long quotation |
| <body> | Specifies the body element |
| <br> | Inserts a single line break |
| <button> | Specifies a push button |
| <canvas> | New Tag:This is used for rendering dynamic bitmap graphics on the fly, such as graphs or games. |
| <caption> | Specifies a table caption |
| <center> | Deprecated: Specifies centered text |
| <col> | Specifies attributes for table columns |
| <colgroup> | Specifies groups of table columns |
| <command> | New Tag:Specifies a command the user can invoke. |
| <comment> | Puts a comment in the document |
| <datalist> | New Tag:Together with the a new list attribute for input can be used to make comboboxes |
| <dd> | Specifies a definition description |
| <del> | Specifies deleted text |
| <details> | New Tag:Specifies additional information or controls which the user can obtain on demand. |
| <dir> | Deprecated: Specifies a directory list |
| <div> | Specifies a section in a document |
| <dl> | Specifies a definition list |
| <dt> | Specifies a definition term |
| <embed> | New Tag:Defines external interactive content or plugin. |
| <fieldset> | Specifies a fieldset |
| <figure> | New Tag:Specifies a piece of self-contained flow content, typically referenced as a single unit from the main flow of the document. |
| <b> | Specifies bold text |
| <big> | Deprecated:Specifies big text |
| <i> | Specifies italic text |
| <small> | Specifies small text |
| <tt> | Deprecated:Specifies teletype text |
| <font> | Deprecated: Specifies text font, size, and color |
| <footer> | New Tag:Specifies a footer for a section and can contain information about the author, copyright information, et cetera. |
| <form> | Specifies a form |
| <frame> | Deprecated:Specifies a sub window (a frame) |
| <frameset> | Deprecated:Specifies a set of frames |
| <head> | Specifies information about the document |
| <header> | New Tag:Specifies a group of introductory or navigational aids. |
| <hgroup> | New Tag:Specifies the header of a section. |
| <h1> to <h6> | Specifies header 1 to header 6 |
| <hr> | Specifies a horizontal rule |
| <html> | Specifies an html document |
| <isindex> | Deprecated: Specifies a single-line input field |
| <iframe> | Specifies an inline sub window (frame) |
| <ilayer> | Specifies an inline layer |
| <img> | Specifies an image |
| <input> | Specifies an input field |
| <ins> | Specifies inserted text |
| <keygen> | New Tag:Specifies control for key pair generation. |
| <keygen> | Generate key information in a form |
| <label> | Specifies a label for a form control |
| <layer> | Specifies a layer |
| <legend> | Specifies a title in a fieldset |
| <li> | Specifies a list item |
| <link> | Specifies a resource reference |
| <map> | Specifies an image map |
| <mark> | New Tag:Specifies a run of text in one document marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context. |
| <marquee> | Create a scrolling-text marquee |
| <menu> | Deprecated: Specifies a menu list |
| <meta> | Specifies meta information |
| <meter> | New Tag:Specifies a measurement, such as disk usage. |
| <multicol> | Specifies a multicolumn text flow |
| <nav> | New Tag:Specifies a section of the document intended for navigation. |
| <nobr> | No breaks allowed in the enclosed text |
| <noembed> | Specifies content to be presented by browsers that do not support the <embed>tag |
| <noframes> | Deprecated:Specifies a noframe section |
| <noscript> | Specifies a noscript section |
| <object> | Specifies an embedded object |
| <ol> | Specifies an ordered list |
| <optgroup> | Specifies an option group |
| <option> | Specifies an option in a drop-down list |
| <output> | New Tag:Specifies some type of output, such as from a calculation done through scripting. |
| <p> | Specifies a paragraph |
| <param> | Specifies a parameter for an object |
| <cite> | Specifies a citation |
| <code> | Specifies computer code text |
| <dfn> | Specifies a definition term |
| <em> | Specifies emphasized text |
| <kbd> | Specifies keyboard text |
| <samp> | Specifies sample computer code |
| <strong> | Specifies strong text |
| <var> | Specifies a variable |
| <plaintext> | Deprecated: Render the raminder of the document as preformatted plain text |
| <pre> | Specifies preformatted text |
| <progress> | New Tag:Specifies a completion of a task, such as downloading or when performing a series of expensive operations. |
| <q> | Specifies a short quotation |
| <ruby> | New Tag:Together with <rt> and <rp> allow for marking up ruby annotations. |
| <script> | Specifies a script |
| <section> | New Tag:Represents a generic document or application section. |
| <select> | Specifies a selectable list |
| <spacer> | Specifies a white space |
| <span> | Specifies a section in a document |
| <s> | Deprecated: Specifies strikethrough text |
| <strike> | Deprecated: Specifies strikethrough text |
| <style> | Specifies a style definition |
| <sub> | Specifies subscripted text |
| <sup> | Specifies superscripted text |
| <table> | Specifies a table |
| <tbody> | Specifies a table body |
| <td> | Specifies a table cell |
| <textarea> | Specifies a text area |
| <tfoot> | Specifies a table footer |
| <th> | Specifies a table header |
| <thead> | Specifies a table header |
| <time> | New Tag:Specifies a date and/or time. |
| <title> | Specifies the document title |
| <tr> | Specifies a table row |
| <u> | Deprecated: Specifies underlined text |
| <ul> | Specifies an unordered list |
| <video> | New Tag:Specifies a video file. |
| <wbr> | New Tag:Specifies a line break opportunity. |
| <wbr> | Indicate a potential word break point within a <nobr> section |
| <xmp> | Deprecated: Specifies preformatted text |