HTML 4 Tags
HTML 4 Tags
The table given below contains tags which were in HTML 4:
Name Description
A
anchor
ABBR
abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, etc.)
ACRONYM
abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, etc.)
ADDRESS
information on author
APPLET
Java applet
AREA
client-side image map area
B
bold text style
BASE
document base URI
BASEFONT
base font size
BDO
I18N BiDi over-ride
BIG
large text style
BLOCKQUOTE
long quotation
BODY
document body
BR
forced line break
BUTTON
push button
CAPTION
table caption
CENTER
shorthand for DIV align=center
CITE
citation
CODE
computer code fragment
COL
table column
COLGROUP
table column group
DD
definition description
DEL
deleted text
DFN
instance definition
DIR
directory list
DIV
generic language/style container
DL
definition list
DT
definition term
EM
emphasis
FIELDSET
form control group
FONT
local change to font
FORM
interactive form
FRAME
sub window
FRAMESET
window subdivision
H1
heading
H2
heading
H3
heading
H4
heading
H5
heading
H6
heading
HEAD
document head
HR
horizontal rule
HTML
document root element
I
italic text style
IFRAME
inline sub window
IMG
Embedded image
INPUT
form control
INS
inserted text
ISINDEX
single line prompt
KBD
text to be entered by the user
LABEL
form field label text
LEGEND
fieldset legend
LI
list item
LINK
a media-independent link
MAP
client-side image map
MENU
menu list
META
generic metainformation
NOFRAMES
alternate content container for non-frame-based rendering
NOSCRIPT
alternate content container for non-script-based rendering
OBJECT
generic embedded object
OL
ordered list
OPTGROUP
option group
OPTION
selectable choice
P
paragraph
PARAM named property value
PRE preformatted text
Q short inline quotation
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
TABLE
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
underlined text style
UL
unordered list
VAR
instance of a variable or program argument
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Here is a list of the main tags introduced in HTML 5
<article> marks an article
<aside> marks a content that is separate from the content of the page but related to it.
<audio> marks the introduction of audio content
<canvas> marks the introduction of graphical content
<command> marks a command button
<datalist> marks a drop-down menu
<details> marks the details of an element
<dialogue> marks a dialogue, a conversation
<embed> marks external interactive content or insertion of a plugin
<figure> marks a group of elements that relate to each other and can be considered in the page, self-contained content.
<footer> marks the footer of pages
<header> marks the page header section
<hgroup> Marks a section of pages
<keygen> marks an automatically generated code in a form
<mark> marks highlighted text
<meter> marks the value of a known measurement unit
<NAV> marks a link navigation bar
<output> marks different types of script results.
<progress> marks a graphical or numeric progress bar
<rp> defines content that will be displayed if the browser does not suppress the ruby tag
<rt> defines a rule or an explanation for the ruby tag
<ruby> used with Asian characters
<section> marks any section (header, footer, navigation bar, chapters, or any other section)
<Source> marks the source of the multimedia file
<time> marks the time / date
<video> marks the introduction of a video
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On the other hand, there are some HTML tags that are now deprecated in HTML 5:
acronym
applet
basefont
big
center
dir
font
frame
frameset
noframes
s
strake
tt
u
xmp
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