HTML5 Tags

HTML5 Tags

The following are the list of tags available in HTML5.

AttributeExplanation
<!--comment-->Add comments in the HTML code.
<!DOCTYPE html>Helps the browser to determine which version your html file belongs.
<a>Defines a hyperlink.
<abbr>Defines an abbreviation or acronym.
<address>Defines the contact information for the author/organisation relevant to the current site, document or an article.
<area>Defines a clickable region on an image-map.
<article>Specifies a self-contained piece of independent content in a page, which is intended to be distributable or reusable to other websites and platforms as a stand-alone unit.
<aside>Defines a portion of a document whose content is only indirectly related to the document's main content.
<audio>Adds audio files to an HTML document.
<b>Make the enclosed text to appear bold, without any extra importance.
<base>Specifies the base URL to use for all relative URLs contained within a document.
<bdi>Isolates a part of text from its surroundings for the purposes of bidirectional text formatting.
<bdo>Overrides the current directionality of text.
<blockquote>Indicates long quotations.
<body>Represents the content of an HTML document.
<br>Inserts a line break in text.
<button>Create a clickable HTML button.
<canvas>Draws graphics via JavaScript.
<caption>Defines a caption to an HTML table.
<cite>Defines the title of a work.
<code>Indicates a piece of computer code.
<col>Specifies a column within a table.
<colgroup>Specifies a group of columns within a table.
<data>Links a given content with a machine-readable translation.
<datalist>Specifies a list of <option> elements that is used as an autocompletion values for an associated <input> element.
<dd>Describes about the preceding term (<dt>) in the description list (<dl>).
<del>Specifies a range of text that has been deleted from a document.
<details>Represents additional details that the user can view or hide on demand.
<dfn>Indicates a definition of the term.
<dialog>Specifies a dialog box or window.
<div>Defines a section of a HTML document.
<dl>Specifies a description list.
<dt>Specifies a term in a description or definition list.
<em>Renders text as emphasized text.
<embed>Adds an external application or interactive content such as Flash-based object into an HTML.
<fieldset>Used to group related fields in an HTML form.
<figcaption>Defines a caption for a <figure> element.
<figure>Specifies self-contained content related to the main content, such as an image, table, list, chart, etc.
<footer>Defines the footer of an HTML document or nearest section.
<form>Creates an HTML form for user input.
<h1> to <h6>Specifies the HTML headings.
<head>A container to hold lots of metadata information about the content of the page.
<header>Contains the introductory contents or navigational links.
<hr>Defines a thematic break between paragraph-level elements.
<html>Tells the browser to treat this file as as HTML document.
<i>Specifies the text in an alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal prose.
<iframe>Embeds another document into the current HTML document.
<img>Adds an image into a document.
<input>Creates form fields that accept single-line user input.
<ins>Specifies a range of text that has been added to a document.
<kbd>Indicates the text to be entered by the user.
<label>Defines a caption for a <button>, <input>, <meter>, <output>, <progress>, <select>, or <textarea> element.
<legend>Specifies a caption for the content of its parent <fieldset>.
<li>Defines a list item.
<link>Defines a relationship between an HTML document and an external resources (CSS stylesheets).
<main>Defines the main content of the <body> of a document.
<map>Contains one or more <area> elements to define an image-map.
<mark>Used to mark or highlight the relevant text in the content.
<meta>Adds machine-readable information to an HTML document.
<meter>Specifies either a scalar value within a known range or a fractional value.
<nav>Specifies a section of a page whose purpose is to provide navigation links.
<noscript>Provides alternative content for user who disabled scripts in their browser or or have a browsers that don't support script.
<object>Embeds an object in an HTML document.
<ol>Defines an ordered list of items.
<optgroup>Create a group of options within a <select> element.
<option>Define an item contained in the <select> tag, an <optgroup> tag, or a <datalist> tag.
<output>Represents the result of a calculation or the outcome of a user action.
<p>Defines a paragraph.
<param>Defines parameters for an <object> element.
<picture>Provides versions of an image for different display/device scenarios.
<pre>Represents preformatted text.
<progress>Displays an indicator showing the completion progress of a task.
<q>Defines a short inline quotation.
<rb>Delimits the base text component of a <ruby> annotation i.e., The <rb> element is used to separate out each segment of the ruby base text.
<rp>Provides fall-back parentheses for browsers that do not support display of ruby annotations using the <ruby> element.
<rt>Specifies the ruby text component of a ruby annotation, which is used to provide pronunciation, translation, or transliteration information for East Asian typography.
<rtc>Marks a ruby text container for ruby text components in a ruby annotation.
<ruby>Specifies a ruby annotation.
<s>Specifies text that are no longer relevant or no longer accurate.
<samp>Represents sample output from a computer program.
<script>Adds JavaScript code in an HTML document.
<section>Defines sections in a document.
<select>Specifies a drop-down that provides a menu of options.
<small>Defines smaller text.
<source>Specifies multiple media resources for the <audio>, the <video> element, or the <picture> element.
<span>Groups inline-elements in a document.
<strong>Indicates that its content is very important.
<style>Add CSS style rules to an HTML document.
<sub>Defines subscript text. For example, CO2, H2O, etc.
<summary>Specifies a summary for a <details> element. The summary can be clicked to view/hide the details.
<sup>Defines superscript text. For example, 52, 3rd, etc.
<svg>Used as a container for SVG graphics.
<table>Specifies an HTML table.
<tbody>Specifies a body content in an HTML table.
<td>Specifies a data cell in an HTML table.
<template>Holds the HTML content hidden from the browser.
<textarea>Defines a multi-line plain-text editing control.
<tfoot>Specifies a footer content in an HTML table.
<th>Specifies a header cell in an HTML table.
<thead>Specifies a header content in an HTML table.
<time>Defines a human-readable specific period in time.
<title>Specifies the title of a web page.
<tr>Specifies a row in an HTML table.
<track>Used as a child of an <audio> or <video> element to specify timed text tracks, for example to automatically handle subtitles.
<u>Underlines the enclose text within it.
<ul>Defines an unordered list of items.
<var>Specifies the name of a variable in programming context.
<video>Adds video files to an HTML document.
<wbr>Specifies a text break opportunity.

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