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HTML Elements Reference

Complete reference for HTML elements

This page lists all the HTML elements, which are created using tags. They are grouped by function to help you find what you have in mind easily.

Main root

Document structure elements

<html>

The root element of an HTML document

Document metadata

Head section elements

<base>

Specifies the base URL for relative URLs

<head>

Contains metadata about the document

<link>

Links to external resources

<meta>

Provides metadata about the document

<style>

Contains CSS style information

<title>

Defines the document title

Sectioning root

Body and sectioning elements

<body>

Contains the visible page content

Content sectioning

Content organization elements

<address>

Contact information for the document

<article>

Self-contained composition

<aside>

Content aside from the main content

<footer>

Footer for a section or page

<header>

Header for a section or page

<h1>

Level 1 heading

<h2>

Level 2 heading

<h3>

Level 3 heading

<h4>

Level 4 heading

<h5>

Level 5 heading

<h6>

Level 6 heading

<hgroup>

Group of heading elements

<main>

Main content of the document

<nav>

Navigation section

<section>

Generic section of a document

<search>

Search functionality section

Text content

Text formatting elements

<blockquote>

Block quotation

<dd>

Description in a description list

<div>

Generic block container

<dl>

Description list

<dt>

Term in a description list

<figcaption>

Caption for a figure

<figure>

Self-contained content

<hr>

Thematic break

<li>

List item

<menu>

Menu of commands

<ol>

Ordered list

<p>

Paragraph

<pre>

Preformatted text

<ul>

Unordered list

Inline text semantics

Inline text elements

<a>

Hyperlink

<abbr>

Abbreviation or acronym

<b>

Bold text

<bdi>

Bidirectional text isolation

<bdo>

Bidirectional text override

<br>

Line break

<cite>

Citation

<code>

Inline code

<data>

Machine-readable data

<dfn>

Definition term

<em>

Emphasized text

<i>

Italic text

<kbd>

Keyboard input

<mark>

Marked text

<q>

Inline quotation

<rp>

Ruby parentheses

<rt>

Ruby text

<ruby>

Ruby annotation

<s>

Strikethrough text

<samp>

Sample output

<small>

Smaller text

<span>

Generic inline container

<strong>

Strong importance

<sub>

Subscript

<sup>

Superscript

<time>

Machine-readable time

<u>

Underlined text

<var>

Variable

<wbr>

Word break opportunity

Image and multimedia

Media elements

<area>

Image map area

<audio>

Audio content

<img>

Image

<map>

Image map

<track>

Text track for media

<video>

Video content

Embedded content

External content elements

<embed>

External content

<iframe>

Inline frame

<object>

External object

<picture>

Image container

<portal>

Portal to another page

<source>

Media source

SVG and MathML

Vector graphics and math

<svg>

Scalable Vector Graphics

<math>

MathML content

Scripting

Script and program elements

<canvas>

Drawing canvas

<noscript>

Fallback for scripts

<script>

JavaScript code

Demarcating edits

Edit tracking elements

<del>

Deleted text

<ins>

Inserted text

Table content

Table structure elements

<caption>

Table caption

<col>

Table column

<colgroup>

Table column group

<table>

Table

<tbody>

Table body

<td>

Table data cell

<tfoot>

Table footer

<th>

Table header cell

<thead>

Table header

<tr>

Table row

Forms

Form and input elements

<button>

Clickable button

<datalist>

Predefined options

<fieldset>

Form control group

<form>

Form

<input>

Form input

<label>

Form label

<legend>

Fieldset caption

<meter>

Scalar measurement

<optgroup>

Option group

<option>

Select option

<output>

Form output

<progress>

Progress bar

<select>

Dropdown list

<textarea>

Multi-line text input

Interactive elements

Interactive UI elements

<details>

Disclosure widget

<dialog>

Dialog box

<summary>

Details summary

Web Components

Custom element elements

<slot>

Content distribution

<template>

HTML template