HTML 4.0 Tags

Name

Deprecated tags and attributes are shown in lower case. You are encouraged to avoid those tags and use alternatives. Most deprecations are related to presentation issues and can be handled using style sheets. The names are linked to further information.

Attributes

All possible attributes are shown. Groups of attributes common to almost all tags ( Core, International, and Event) are listed in Initial Caps. Required attributes are shown in big font. Attributes found only in the loose or Transitional DTD are shown in italics and those found only in the frameset DTD are shown in underline.

Follow the Tag Name links to get more complete information. This page serves as a quick reference. Literal alternates are shown thus: LTR | RTL (LTR means 'left-to-right' while RTL is the other direction). Attributes should normally be enclosed in double quotes, especially if they contain whitespace.

End Tag

Legend: Optional, Forbidden. In all other cases, the end tag is required.

Name	Attributes	End Tag	Description
A	ACCESSKEY = Character CHARSET = Charset COORDS = Coords HREF = URL HREFLANG = Language Code NAME = CDATA ONBLUR = Script ONFOCUS = Script REL = Link Type REV = Link Type SHAPE = Shape TABINDEX = Number TARGET = Frame Target TYPE = Content Type Core International Event		anchor
ABBR	Core International Event		abbreviation (e.g. WDVL)
ACRONYM	Core International Event
ADDRESS	Core International Event		information on author
applet	height = length width = length align = Ialign alt = text archive = cdata code = cdata hspace = pixels name = cdata vspace = pixels Core		Java applet
AREA	ALT = Text ACCESSKEY = Character COORDS = Coords HREF = URL NOHREF ONBLUR = Script ONFOCUS = Script SHAPE = Shape TABINDEX = Number TARGET = Frame Target Core International Event	F	client-side image map area
B	Core International Event		bold text style
BASE	HREF = URL TARGET = Frame Target	F	document base URI
basefont	size = cdata color = color face = cdata ID = id	F	base font size
BDO	DIR = LTR | RTL ID = Id STYLE = Style Sheet TITLE = Text International		I18N BiDi over-ride
BIG	Core International Event		large text style
BLOCKQUOTE	CITE = URL Core International Event		long quotation
BODY	alink = color background = URL bgcolor = color link = color ONLOAD = Script ONUNLOAD = Script text = color vlink = color Core International Event		document body
BR	clear = left | all | right | none Core	F	forced line break
BUTTON	ACCESSKEY = Character DISABLED NAME = CDATA ONBLUR = Script ONFOCUS = Script TABINDEX = Number TYPE = BUTTON | SUBMIT | RESET VALUE = CDATA Core International Event		push button
CAPTION	align = calign Core International Event		table caption
center	Core International Event		shorthand for DIV align = center
CITE	Core International Event		citation
CODE	Core International Event		computer code fragment
COL	ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length SPAN = Number VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE WIDTH = Multi Length Core International Event	F	table column
COLGROUP	ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length SPAN = Number VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE WIDTH = Multi Length Core International Event	O	table column group
DD	Core International Event	O	definition description
DEL	CITE = URL DATETIME = Date Time Core International Event		deleted text
DFN	Core International Event		instance definition
dir	compact Core International Event		directory list
DIV	align = left | center | right | justify Core International Event		generic language/style container
DL	compact Core International Event		definition list
DT	Core International Event	O	definition term
EM	Core International Event		emphasis
FIELDSET	Core International Event		form control group
font	color = color face = cdata size = cdata Core International		local change to font
FORM	ACTION = URL ACCEPT-CHARSET = Charset ENCTYPE = Content Type METHOD = GET | POST ONRESET = Script ONSUBMIT = Script TARGET = Frame Target Core International Event		interactive form
FRAME	FRAMEBORDER = 1 | 0 LONGDESC = URL MARGINHEIGHT = Pixels MARGINWIDTH = Pixels NORESIZE SCROLLING = YES | NO | AUTO SRC = URL Core	F	subwindow
FRAMESET	COLS = MultiLengths ONLOAD = Script ONUNLOAD = Script ROWS = MultiLengths Core		window subdivision
H1,H2,H3 H4,H5,H6	align = left | center | right | justify Core International Event		heading
HEAD	PROFILE = URL International	O	document head, contains BASE, LINK, META, SCRIPT, STYLE, TITLE.
HR	align = left | right | center noshade size = pixels width = length Core Event	F	horizontal rule
HTML	version = cdata International	O	document root element
I	Core International Event		italic text style
IFRAME	align = Ialign FRAMEBORDER = 1 | 0 HEIGHT = Length LONGDESC = URL MARGINHEIGHT = Pixels MARGINWIDTH = Pixels NAME = CDATA SCROLLING = YES | NO | AUTO SRC = URL WIDTH = Length Core		inline subwindow
IMG	ALT = Text SRC = URL align = Iallign border = Length HEIGHT = Length hspace = pixels ISMAP LONGDESC = URL USEMAP = URL vspace = pixels WIDTH = Length Core International Event	F	Embedded image
INPUT	ACCEPT = ContentText ACCESSKEY = Character align = Ialign ALT = CDATA CHECKED DISABLED MAXLENGTH = Number NAME = CDATA ONBLUR = Script ONCHANGE = Script ONFOCUS = Script ONSELECT = Script READONLY SIZE = CDATA SRC = URL TABINDEX = Number TYPE = Input Type USEMAP = URL VALUE = CDATA Core International Event	F	form control
INS	CITE = URL DATATIME = DateTime Core International Event		inserted text
isindex	prompt = txt Core International	F	single line prompt
KDB	Core International Event		text to be entered by the user
LABEL	ACCESSKEY = Character FOR = Idref ONBLUR = Script ONFOCUS = Script Core International Event		form field label text
LEGEND	ACCESSKEY = Character align = lalign Core International Event		fieldset legend
LI	type = li style value = number Core International Event	O	list item
LINK	CHARSET = Charset HREF = URL HREFLANG = Language Code MEDIA = Media Desc REL = Link Type REV = Link Type TARGET = Frame Target TYPE = Content Type Core International Event	F	a media-independent link
MAP	NAME = CDATA Core International Event		client-side image map area
menu	compact Core International Event		menu list
META	CONTENT = CDATA HTTP-EQUIV = Name NAME = Name SCHEME = CDATA International	F	generic meta information
NOFRAMES	Core International Event		alternate content container for non frame-based rendering
NOSCRIPT	Core International Event		alternate content container for when a script is not executed
OBJECT	align = ialign ARCHIVE = URL border = length CLASSID = URL CODEBASE = URL CODETYPE = Content Type DATA = URL DECLARE HEIGHT = Length hspace = pixels NAME = CDATA STANDBY = Text TABINDEX = Number TYPE = Content Type USEMAP = URL vspace = pixels WIDTH = Length Core International Event		generic embedded object
OL	compact start = number type = ol type Core International Event		ordered list
OPTGROUP	LABEL = Text DISABLED Core International Event		option group
OPTION	DISABLED LABEL = Text SELECTED VALUE = CDATA Core International Event	O	selectable choice
P	align = left | center | right | justify Core International Event	O	paragraph
PARAM	NAME = CDATA ID = Id TYPE = Content Type VALUE = CDATA VALUETYPE = DAT | REF | OBJECT	F	named property value
PRE	width = number Core International Event		preformatted text
Q	CITE = URL Core International Event		short inline quotation
s	Core International Event		strike-through text style
SAMP	Core International Event		sample program output, scripts, etc.
SCRIPT	TYPE = Content Type CHARSET = Charset DEFER language = cdata SRC = URL TITLE = Text		script statements
SELECT	DISABLED MULTIPLE NAME = CDATA ONBLUR = Script ONCHANGE = Script ONFOCUS = Script SIZE = Number TABINDEX = Number Core International Event		option selector
SMALL	Core International Event		small text style
SPAN	Core International Event		generic language/style container
strike	Core International Event		strike-through text
STRONG	Core International Event		strong emphasis
STYLE	TYPE = Content Type MEDIA = MediaDesc TITLE = Text International		style info
SUB	Core International Event		subscript
SUP	Core International Event		superscript
TABLE	align = talign bgcolor = color BORDER = Pixels CELLPADDING = Length CELLSPACING = Length FRAME = Tframe SUMMARY = Text WIDTH = Length Core International Event
TBODY	ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR CHAR = Charset CHAROFF = Length VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE Core International Event	O	table body
TD	ABBR = Text ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR AXIS = CDATA bgcolor = color CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length COLSPAN = Number HEADERS = IDREFS height = pixels nowrap ROWSPAN = Number SCOPE = Scope VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE width = pixels Core International Event	O	table data cell
TEXTAREA	COLS = Number ROWS = Number ACCESSKEY = Character DISABLES NAME = CDATA ONBLUR = Script ONCHANGE = Script ONFOCUS = Script ONSELECT = Script READONLY TABINDEX = Number Core International Event		multi-line text field
TFOOT	ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE Core International Event	O	table footer
TH	ABBR = Text ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR AXIS = CDATA bgcolor = color CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length COLSPAN = Number HEADERS = IDREF height = pixels nowrap ROWSPAN = Number SCOPE = Scope VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE width = pixels Core International Event	O	table header cell
THEAD	ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE Core International Event	O	table header
TITLE	International		document title
TR	ALIGN = LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT | JUSTIFY | CHAR bgcolor = color CHAR = Character CHAROFF = Length VALIGN = TOP | MIDDLE | BOTTOM | BASELINE Core International Event	O	table row
TT	Core International Event		teletype or monospaced text style
u	Core International Event		underlined text style
UL	compact type = ul style Core International Event		unordered list
VAR	Core International Event		instance of a variable or program argument

See also: Index of Elements. at the W3C.