HTML is a markup language for describing web documents(web pages).
HTML documents are described by HTML tags.
Each HTML tag describes different document content.
- normally come in pairs like content.
| Tag |
Description |
<!DOCTYPE html> |
Defines the document type |
<html> ... </html> |
Declares the web page to be written in HTML |
<head> ... </head> |
Page's head |
<title> ... </title> |
Defines the title(not displayed on the page) |
<body> ... </body> |
Page's body |
- The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag.
| Tag |
Description |
<h1> ... </h1> |
Headings |
<p> ... </p> |
Paragraghs |
<a href="link"> ... </a> |
Links |
<img src="file_path"> ... </img> |
Images |
<br> |
Defines a line break |
<pre> ... </pre> |
Defines preformatted text |
<div> ... </div> |
Block-level element.Often used as a container for other HTML elements |
<iframe src="file_path"> ... </iframe> |
Used to display a web page within a web page |
| Tag |
Description |
<b> ... </b> |
Defines bold text |
<em> ... </em> |
Defines emphasized text |
<i> ... </i> |
Defines italic text |
<small> ... </small> |
Defines smaller text |
<strong> ... </strong> |
Defines important text |
<sub> ... </sub> |
Defines subscripted text |
<sup> ... </sup> |
Defines superscripted text |
<ins> ... </ins> |
Defines inserted text |
<mark> ... </mark> |
Defines marked/highlighted text |
<del> ... </del> |
Defines deleted text |
| Tag |
Description |
<ul> ... </ul> |
Defines the type of list item marker(disc,circle,square,none) |
<ol> ... </ol> |
Defines the type of list item marker(type="1",type="A",type="I") |
<li> ... </li> |
List of items |
<dl> ... </dl> |
Defines the description list |
<dt> ... </dt> |
Defines the term(name) |
<dd> ... </dd> |
Describes each term |
| Tag |
Description |
<table> ... </table> |
HTML table |
<tr> ... </tr> |
Defines the row |
<th> ... </th> |
Defines the header |
<td> ... </td> |
Defines the data/cell |
<caption> ... </caption> |
Add a caption to a table |
| Tag |
Description |
<form> ... </form> |
Form element |
<input> |
Input element |
<datalist> ... </datalist> |
Specifies a list of pre-defined option for input controls |
<output> ... </output> |
Defines the result of a calculation |
<select> ... </select> |
Defines a drop-down list |
| Tag |
Description |
<audio> ... </audio> |
Defines sound content |
<video> ... </video> |
Defines a video or movie |
<source> |
Defines multiple media resources for video and audio elements |
<embed> ... </embed> |
Defines a container for an external application or interactive content(a plug-in) |
<track> |
Defines text tracks for |
<object> ... </object> |
used to embed different kinds of media files into an HTML document |
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