HTML Quick Reference - HTML5 and CSS Comprehensive - page 630

Table A-3 HTML Tags and Attributes (continued)

HTML Tag and Attributes Description

<select>….</select> (continued)
name= text Assigns a name to the selection list

size= value Sets the number of visible options in the list

<small>….</small> Sets enclosed text to appear in a smaller typeface

<source>...</source> Defines media resources new

media= media_query Specifies what media/device the media resource is optimized for; default

value: all

src= URL The URL of the media

type= mime_type Specifies the MIME type of the media resource

<span>….</span> Creates a user-defined container to add inline structure to the HTML

document

<strike>….</strike> ** Sets enclosed text to appear with strong emphasis; usually displayed as

bold text

<strong>….</strong> Sets enclosed text to appear with strong emphasis; usually displayed as

bold text

<style>….</style> Encloses embedded style sheet rules for use in the HTML document

media= media_query Identifies the intended medium of the style

scoped= scoped If present, the styles should only apply to this element's parent element and

its child elements

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type=text/css Specifies the MIME type of the style sheet

_…. Sets enclosed text to appear in subscript

<summary>...</summary> Defines the header of a “detail” element new

^…. Sets enclosed text to appear in superscript

<table>….</table> Marks the start and end of a table

align= position ** Aligns the table text

border= value Specifies if the table cells have borders or not; the only values are “” and 1

cellpadding= pixels ** Sets padding around each cell's contents to a value in pixels

cellspacing= pixels ** Sets spacing between cells to a value in pixels

frame= option ** Defines which parts of the outer border (frame) to display

rules= option ** Specifies which inner borders are to appear between the table cells

summary= text ** Provides a summary of the table's purpose and structure

width= pixels, % ** Sets table width in pixels or a percentage of the window

<tbody>….</tbody> Defines a groups of rows in a table body

align= option ** Aligns text

char= character ** Specifies a character on which to align column values (for example, a

period is used to align monetary values)

charoff= value ** Specifies a number of characters to offset data aligned with the character

specified in the char property

valign= position ** Sets vertical alignment of cells in a group

<td>….</td> Defines a data cell in a table; contents are left-aligned and normal text

by default

abbr= text ** Provides an abbreviated version of the cell's contents that browsers can use

if space is limited

align= position ** Specifies horizontal alignment

new

New with HTML5 * Deprecated tags ** Not supported in HTML5