HTML Tags

HTML Tags

HTML tags contain three main parts: opening tag, content and closing tag. But some HTML tags are unclosed tags.

When a web browser reads an HTML document, browser reads it from top to bottom and left to right. HTML tags are used to create HTML documents and render their properties. Each HTML tags have different properties.

Syntax

<tag> content </tag>

HTML Tag Examples

HTML Tags are always written in lowercase letters. The basic HTML tags are given below:

<p> Paragraph Tag </p>
<h2> Heading Tag </h2>
<b> Bold Tag </b>

<i> Italic Tag </i>

<u> Underline Tag</u>

Unclosed HTML Tags

Some HTML tags are not closed, for example br and hr.

This is code<br>
<hr>

<br> Tag: br stands for break line, it breaks the line of the code.
<hr> Tag: hr stands for Horizontal Rule. This tag is used to put a line across the webpage.

HTML Meta Tags

DOCTYPE, title, link, meta and style

HTML Text Tags

<p>
<h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6>
<strong>
<em>
<abbr>
<acronym>
<address>
<bdo>
<blockquote>
<cite>
<q>
<code>
<ins>
<del>
<dfn>
<kbd>
<pre>
<samp>
<var> 
<br>

HTML Link Tags

<a>
<base>

HTML Image and Object Tags

<img>
<area>
<map>
<param>
<object>

HTML List Tags

<ul> -- </ul>
<ol> -- </ol>
<li> -- </li>
<dl> -- </dl>
<dt> -- </dt>
<dd> -- </dd>

HTML Table Tags

<table> -- </table>
<tr> -- </tr>
<td> -- </td>
<th> -- </th>
<tbody> -- </tbody>
<thead> -- </thead>
tfoot
col
olgroup
caption

HTML Form Tags

form
input
textarea
select
option
optgroup
button
label
fieldset
legend

HTML Scripting Tags

script 
noscript

List Of HTML Tags

Tag	Description
<!--...-->	Defines a comment
<!DOCTYPE>	Defines the document type
<a>	Defines a hyperlink
<abbr>	Defines an abbreviation or an acronym
<acronym>	Not supported in HTML5. Use <abbr> instead. Defines an acronym
<address>	Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document
<applet>	Not supported in HTML5. Use <embed> or <object> instead. Defines an embedded applet
<area>	Defines an area inside an image-map
<article>	Defines an article
<aside>	Defines content aside from the page content
<audio>	Defines sound content
<b>	Defines bold text
<base>	Specifies the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document
<basefont>	Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document
<bdi>	Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it
<bdo>	Overrides the current text direction
<big>	Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. Defines big text
<blockquote>	Defines a section that is quoted from another source
<body>	Defines the document's body
<br>	Defines a single line break
<button>	Defines a clickable button
<canvas>	Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript)
<caption>	Defines a table caption
<center>	Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. Defines centered text
<cite>	Defines the title of a work
<code>	Defines a piece of computer code
<col>	Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element
<colgroup>	Specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting
<datalist>	Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input controls
<dd>	Defines a description/value of a term in a description list
<del>	Defines text that has been deleted from a document
<details>	Defines additional details that the user can view or hide
<dfn>	Represents the defining instance of a term
<dialog>	Defines a dialog box or window
<dir>	Not supported in HTML5. Use <ul> instead. Defines a directory list
<div>	Defines a section in a document
<dl>	Defines a description list
<dt>	Defines a term/name in a description list
<em>	Defines emphasized text
<embed>	Defines a container for an external (non-HTML) application
<fieldset>	Groups related elements in a form
<figcaption>	Defines a caption for a <figure> element
<figure>	Specifies self-contained content
<font>	Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. Defines font, color, and size for text
<footer>	Defines a footer for a document or section
<form>	Defines an HTML form for user input
<frame>	Not supported in HTML5. Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset
<frameset>	Not supported in HTML5. Defines a set of frames
<h1> to <h6>	Defines HTML headings
<head>	Defines information about the document
<header>	Defines a header for a document or section
<hr>	Defines a thematic change in the content
<html>	Defines the root of an HTML document
<i>	Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood
<iframe>	Defines an inline frame
<img>	Defines an image
<input>	Defines an input control
<ins>	Defines a text that has been inserted into a document
<kbd>	Defines keyboard input
<label>	Defines a label for an <input> element
<legend>	Defines a caption for a <fieldset> element
<li>	Defines a list item
<link>	Defines the relationship between a document and an external resource (most used to link to style sheets)
<main>	Specifies the main content of a document
<map>	Defines a client-side image-map
<mark>	Defines marked/highlighted text
<menu>	Defines a list/menu of commands
<menuitem>	Defines a command/menu item that the user can invoke from a popup menu
<meta>	Defines metadata about an HTML document
<meter>	Defines a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge)
<nav>	Defines navigation links
<noframes>	Not supported in HTML5. Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames
<noscript>	Defines an alternate content for users that do not support client-side scripts
<object>	Defines an embedded object
<ol>	Defines an ordered list
<optgroup>	Defines a group of related options in a drop-down list
<option>	Defines an option in a drop-down list
<output>	Defines the result of a calculation
<p>	Defines a paragraph
<param>	Defines a parameter for an object
<picture>	Defines a container for multiple image resources
<pre>	Defines preformatted text
<progress>	Represents the progress of a task
<q>	Defines a short quotation
<rp>	Defines what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations
<rt>	Defines an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typography)
<ruby>	Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)
<s>	Defines text that is no longer correct
<samp>	Defines sample output from a computer program
<script>	Defines a client-side script
<section>	Defines a section in a document
<select>	Defines a drop-down list
<small>	Defines smaller text
<source>	Defines multiple media resources for media elements (<video> and <audio>)
<span>	Defines a section in a document
<strike>	Not supported in HTML5. Use <del> or <s> instead. Defines strikethrough text
<strong>	Defines important text
<style>	Defines style information for a document
<sub>	Defines subscripted text
<summary>	Defines a visible heading for a <details> element
<sup>	Defines superscripted text
<table>	Defines a table
<tbody>	Groups the body content in a table
<td>	Defines a cell in a table
<template>	Defines a template
<textarea>	Defines a multiline input control (text area)
<tfoot>	Groups the footer content in a table
<th>	Defines a header cell in a table
<thead>	Groups the header content in a table
<time>	Defines a date/time
<title>	Defines a title for the document
<tr>	Defines a row in a table
<track>	Defines text tracks for media elements (<video> and <audio>)
<tt>	Not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. Defines teletype text
<u>	Defines text that should be stylistically different from normal text
<ul>	Defines an unordered list
<var>	Defines a variable
<video>	Defines a video or movie
<wbr>	Defines a possible line-break