HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1.2
Continued Tags from Previous HTML Versions
Continued Tags
Description
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A comment
<!DOCTYPE>
The document type (only one in HTML5)
<a>
Hyperlink to a page or page area
<abbr>
An abbreviation
<address>
Container for an address
<area>
An area inside an image map
<b>
Bold text
<base>
A base URL for all the links in a page
<bdo>
Direction of text display
<blockquote>
A block of text
<body>
Beginning a body element
<br>
A single line break
<button>
A clickable button
<caption>
A table caption
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<cite>
Container for a citation
<code>
Format for computer code text
<col>
Defi nes attributes for table columns
<colgroup>
Container for groups of table columns
<dd>
Container for a value for the
<dt>
element
<del>
Container for deleted text
<dfn>
Representation of the defi ning instance of term
<div>
Demarcation of division in a document
<dl>
Head for an association list
<dt>
Specifi cation for a name in name-value group (description list)
<em>
Emphasized text
<fieldset>
Container for a set of form controls
<form>
Container for a form typically with input elements
<h1>
to
<h6>
Text header 1 to header 6
<head>
Container for the fi rst code to be interpreted by browser
<hr>
Horizontal rule (line)
