HTML 5 Reference
Below is a complete list of HTML 5 tags, in the next few weeks our site will provide you with a downloadable tag list so that you can learn HTML 5. As you will notice with the HTML 5 tags below
there are several new code inclusions.
there are several new code inclusions.
- 4* The element is defined in HTML 4+
- 5* The element is defined in HTML 5
Tag | Description | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|
<comment> | Defines a comment | 4 | 5 |
<DOCTYPE> | Defines the document type | 4 | 5 |
<a> | Defines a hyperlink | 4 | 5 |
<abbr> | Defines an abbreviation | 4 | 5 |
<acronym> | Not supported. Defines an acronym | 4 | |
<address> | Defines an address element | 4 | 5 |
<applet> | Not supported. Defines an applet | 4 | |
<area> | Defines an area inside an image map | 4 | 5 |
<article> | Defines an article | 5 | |
<aside> | Defines content aside from the page content | 5 | |
<audio> | Defines sound content | 5 | |
<b> | Defines bold text | 4 | 5 |
<base> | Defines a base URL for all the links in a page | 4 | 5 |
<basefont> | Not supported. Use CSS instead | 4 | |
<bdo> | Defines the direction of text display | 4 | 5 |
<big> | Not supported. Defines big text | 4 | |
<blockquote> | Defines a long quotation | 4 | 5 |
<body> | Defines the body element | 4 | 5 |
<br> | Inserts a single line break | 4 | 5 |
<button> | Defines a push button | 4 | 5 |
<canvas> | Defines graphics | 5 | |
<caption> | Defines a table caption | 4 | 5 |
<center> | Not supported. Defines centered text | 4 | |
<cite> | Defines a citation | 4 | 5 |
<code> | Defines computer code text | 4 | 5 |
<col> | Defines attributes for table columns | 4 | 5 |
<colgroup> | Defines groups of table columns | 4 | 5 |
<command> | Defines a command button | 5 | |
<datagrid> | Defines data in a tree-list | 5 | |
<datalist> | Defines a dropdown list | 5 | |
<datatemplate> | Defines a data template | 5 | |
<dd> | Defines a definition description | 4 | 5 |
<del> | Defines deleted text | 4 | 5 |
<details> | Defines details of an element | 5 | |
<dialog> | Defines a dialog (conversation) | 5 | |
<dir> | Not supported. Defines a directory list | 4 | |
<div> | Defines a section in a document | 4 | 5 |
<dfn> | Defines a definition term | 4 | 5 |
<dl> | Defines a definition list | 4 | 5 |
<dt> | Defines a definition term | 4 | 5 |
<em> | Defines emphasized text | 4 | 5 |
<embed> | Defines external interactive content or plugin | 5 | |
<eventsource> | Defines a target for events sent by a server | 5 | |
<fieldset> | Defines a fieldset | 4 | 5 |
<figure> | Defines a group of media content, and their caption | 5 | |
<font> | Deprecated. Defines text font, size, and color | 4 | |
<footer> | Defines a footer for a section or page | 5 | |
<form> | Defines a form | 4 | 5 |
<frame> | Not supported. Defines a sub window (a frame) | 4 | |
<frameset> | Not supported. Defines a set of frames | 4 | |
<h1> to <h6> | Defines header 1 to header 6 | 4 | 5 |
<head> | Defines information about the document | 4 | 5 |
<header> | Defines a header for a section or page | 5 | |
<hr> | Defines a horizontal rule | 4 | 5 |
<html> | Defines an html document | 4 | 5 |
<i> | Defines italic text | 4 | 5 |
<iframe> | Defines an inline sub window (frame) | 4 | 5 |
<img> | Defines an image | 4 | 5 |
<input> | Defines an input field | 4 | 5 |
<ins> | Defines inserted text | 4 | 5 |
<isindex> | Not supported. Defines a single-line input field | 4 | |
<kbd> | Defines keyboard text | 4 | 5 |
<label> | Defines a label for a form control | 4 | 5 |
<legend> | Defines a title in a fieldset | 4 | 5 |
<li> | Defines a list item | 4 | 5 |
<link> | Defines a resource reference | 4 | 5 |
<mark> | Defines marked text | 5 | |
<map> | Defines an image map | 4 | 5 |
<menu> | Defines a menu list | 4 | 5 |
<meta> | Defines meta information | 4 | 5 |
<meter> | Defines measurement within a predefined range | 5 | |
<nav> | Defines navigation links | 5 | |
<nest> | Defines a nestingpoint in a datatemplate | 5 | |
<noframes> | Not supported. Defines a noframe section | 4 | |
<noscript> | Defines a noscript section | 4 | 5 |
<object> | Defines an embedded object | 4 | 5 |
<ol> | Defines an ordered list | 4 | 5 |
<optgroup> | Defines an option group | 4 | 5 |
<option> | Defines an option in a drop-down list | 4 | 5 |
<output> | Defines some types of output | 5 | |
<p> | Defines a paragraph | 4 | 5 |
<param> | Defines a parameter for an object | 4 | 5 |
<pre> | Defines preformatted text | 4 | 5 |
<progress> | Defines progress of a task of any kind | 5 | |
<q> | Defines a short quotation | 4 | 5 |
<rule> | Defines the rules for updating a template | 5 | |
<s> | Not supported. Defines strikethrough text | 4 | |
<samp> | Defines sample computer code | 4 | 5 |
<script> | Defines a script | 4 | 5 |
<section> | Defines a section | 5 | |
<select> | Defines a selectable list | 4 | 5 |
<small> | Defines small text | 4 | 5 |
<source> | Defines media resources | 5 | |
<span> | Defines a section in a document | 4 | 5 |
<strike> | Not supported. Defines strikethrough text | 4 | |
<strong> | Defines strong text | 4 | 5 |
<style> | Defines a style definition | 4 | 5 |
<sub> | Defines subscripted text | 4 | 5 |
<sup> | Defines superscripted text | 4 | 5 |
<table> | Defines a table | 4 | 5 |
<tbody> | Defines a table body | 4 | 5 |
<td> | Defines a table cell | 4 | 5 |
<textarea> | Defines a text area | 4 | 5 |
<tfoot> | Defines a table footer | 4 | 5 |
<th> | Defines a table header | 4 | 5 |
<thead> | Defines a table header | 4 | 5 |
<time> | Defines a date/time | 5 | |
<title> | Defines the document title | 4 | 5 |
<tr> | Defines a table row | 4 | 5 |
<tt> | Not supported. Defines teletype text | 4 | |
<u> | Not supported. Defines underlined text | 4 | |
<ul> | Defines an unordered list | 4 | 5 |
<var> | Defines a variable | 4 | 5 |
<video> | Defines a video | 5 | |
<xmp> | Not supported. Defines preformatted text | 4 |
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