HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Table A-3 HTML Tags and Attributes
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HTML Tag and Attributes
Description
new
new
<aside>...</aside>
Defines content aside from the main page content
<audio>...</audio>
Defines sound content
autoplay=autoplay
Specifies that the audio should start playing as soon as it is ready
controls=controls
Specifies that playback controls should be displayed
loop=loop
Specifies that the audio should start over again, when it is finished
preload=auto, metadata,
none
Specifies whether or not the audio should be loaded when
the page loads
src=
URL
Specifies the URL of the audio to play
<b>….</b>
Specifies text to appear in bold
<base />
Identifies the base in all relative URLs in the document
href=
URL
Specifies the absolute URL used to resolve all relative URLs in the document
target=_blank, _self, _parent,
_top,
framename
Defines the name for the default window (or frame*) in which the
hyperlinked pages are displayed
<big>….</big> **
Increases the size of the enclosed text to a type size bigger than the
surrounding text; exact display size depends on the browser and
default font
<blockquote>….</blockquote>
Sets enclosed text to appear as a quotation, indented on the right
and left
cite=
URL
Specifies the source of the quotation
<body>….</body>
Defines the start and end of a Web page's content
alink=
color
**
Defines the color of an active link
background=
URL
**
Identifies the image to be used as a background
bgcolor=
color
**
Sets the document's background color
link=
color
**
Defines the color of links not yet visited
vlink=
color
**
Defines the color of visited links
<br />
Inserts a line break
new
<canvas>…</canvas>
Defines graphics
height=
pixels
Specifies the height of the canvas
width=
pixels
Specifies the width of the canvas
<caption>….</caption>
Creates a caption for a table
align=
position
**
Sets caption position
<center>….</center> **
Centers the enclosed text horizontally on the page
<cite>….</cite>
Indicates that the enclosed text is a citation; text is usually displayed in italics
<code>….</code>
Indicates that the enclosed text is a code sample from a program; text is
usually displayed in fixed width font such as Courier
<col>….</col>
Organizes columns in a table into column groups to share attribute values
align=
position
**
Sets horizontal alignment of text within the column
span=
number
Sets the number of columns that span the <col> element
valign=
position
**
Specifies vertical alignment of text within the column
width=
pixels
**
Sets the width of each column in the column group
<colgroup>….</colgroup>
Encloses a group of <col> tags and groups the columns to set properties
align=
position
**
Specifies horizontal alignment of text within the column
char=
character
**
Specifies a character on which to align column values (for example,
a period is used to align monetary values)
new
New with HTML5
* Deprecated tags
** Not supported in HTML5
