Each tag listed below follows the HTML5 standard and is commonly used in modern web development. You can use this reference to quickly understand what a tag does and where it is used.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
<a> | Defines a hyperlink |
<abbr> | Defines an abbreviation |
<address> | Defines contact information |
<area> | Defines area inside image map |
<article> | Defines independent content |
<aside> | Defines sidebar content |
<audio> | Embeds audio content |
<b> | Defines bold text |
<base> | Specifies base URL |
<bdi> | Isolates bidirectional text |
<bdo> | Overrides text direction |
<blockquote> | Defines quoted section |
<body> | Defines document body |
<br> | Inserts line break |
<button> | Defines clickable button |
<canvas> | Draws graphics via scripting |
<caption> | Defines table caption |
<cite> | Defines citation |
<code> | Defines computer code |
<col> | Specifies column properties |
<colgroup> | Groups table columns |
<data> | Links content with machine-readable value |
<datalist> | Specifies predefined input options |
<dd> | Defines description in description list |
<del> | Defines deleted text |
<details> | Defines additional details |
<dfn> | Defines defining instance of term |
<dialog> | Defines dialog box |
<div> | Defines section or container |
<dl> | Defines description list |
<dt> | Defines term in description list |
<em> | Defines emphasized text |
<embed> | Embeds external content |
<fieldset> | Groups form elements |
<figcaption> | Defines caption for figure |
<figure> | Defines self-contained content |
<footer> | Defines footer |
<form> | Defines HTML form |
<h1> | Defines heading level 1 |
<h2> | Defines heading level 2 |
<h3> | Defines heading level 3 |
<h4> | Defines heading level 4 |
<h5> | Defines heading level 5 |
<h6> | Defines heading level 6 |
<head> | Contains metadata |
<header> | Defines header section |
<hr> | Inserts horizontal rule |
<html> | Root element |
<i> | Defines italic text |
<iframe> | Embeds another document |
<img> | Embeds image |
<input> | Defines input control |
<ins> | Defines inserted text |
<kbd> | Defines keyboard input |
<label> | Defines label for input |
<legend> | Defines fieldset caption |
<li> | Defines list item |
<link> | Links external resources |
<main> | Defines main content |
<map> | Defines image map |
<mark> | Highlights text |
<meta> | Defines metadata |
<meter> | Defines scalar measurement |
<nav> | Defines navigation links |
<noscript> | Defines alternate content for no script |
<object> | Embeds external object |
<ol> | Defines ordered list |
<optgroup> | Groups options in dropdown |
<option> | Defines dropdown option |
<output> | Displays calculation result |
<p> | Defines paragraph |
<param> | Defines parameter for object |
<picture> | Defines multiple image sources |
<pre> | Defines preformatted text |
<progress> | Defines progress bar |
<q> | Defines short quotation |
<rp> | Provides fallback for ruby text |
<rt> | Defines ruby text |
<ruby> | Defines ruby annotation |
<s> | Defines strikethrough text |
<samp> | Defines sample output |
<script> | Defines client-side script |
<section> | Defines section |
<select> | Defines dropdown list |
<small> | Defines smaller text |
<source> | Defines media source |
<span> | Defines inline container |
<strong> | Defines important text |
<style> | Defines internal CSS |
<sub> | Defines subscript |
<summary> | Defines summary for details |
<sup> | Defines superscript |
<svg> | Defines scalable vector graphics |
<table> | Defines table |
<tbody> | Groups table body content |
<td> | Defines table cell |
<template> | Defines template content |
<textarea> | Defines multi-line input |
<tfoot> | Groups table footer |
<th> | Defines table header cell |
<thead> | Groups table header |
<time> | Defines date/time |
<title> | Defines page title |
<tr> | Defines table row |
<track> | Defines media subtitles |
<u> | Defines underlined text |
<ul> | Defines unordered list |
<var> | Defines variable |
<video> | Embeds video |
<wbr> | Defines possible line break |