Index of the HTML 4 Elements

# Index of Elements

Legend: Optional, Forbidden, Empty, Deprecated, Loose DTD, Frameset DTD

Name | Start Tag | End Tag | Empty | Depr. | DTD | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
A |  |  |  |  |  | anchor
ABBR |  |  |  |  |  | abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, etc.)
ACRONYM |  |  |  |  |  |
ADDRESS |  |  |  |  |  | information on author
APPLET |  |  |  | D | L | Java applet
AREA |  | F | E |  |  | client-side image map area
B |  |  |  |  |  | bold text style
BASE |  | F | E |  |  | document base URI
BASEFONT |  | F | E | D | L | base font size
BDO |  |  |  |  |  | I18N BiDi over-ride
BIG |  |  |  |  |  | large text style
BLOCKQUOTE |  |  |  |  |  | long quotation
BODY | O | O |  |  |  | document body
BR |  | F | E |  |  | forced line break
BUTTON |  |  |  |  |  | push button
CAPTION |  |  |  |  |  | table caption
CENTER |  |  |  | D | L | shorthand for DIV align=center
CITE |  |  |  |  |  | citation
CODE |  |  |  |  |  | computer code fragment
COL |  | F | E |  |  | table column
COLGROUP |  | O |  |  |  | table column group
DD |  | O |  |  |  | definition description
DEL |  |  |  |  |  | deleted text
DFN |  |  |  |  |  | instance definition
DIR |  |  |  | D | L | directory list
DIV |  |  |  |  |  | generic language/style container
DL |  |  |  |  |  | definition list
DT |  | O |  |  |  | definition term
EM |  |  |  |  |  | emphasis
FIELDSET |  |  |  |  |  | form control group
FONT |  |  |  | D | L | local change to font
FORM |  |  |  |  |  | interactive form
FRAME |  | F | E |  | F | subwindow
FRAMESET |  |  |  |  | F | window subdivision
H1 |  |  |  |  |  | heading
H2 |  |  |  |  |  | heading
H3 |  |  |  |  |  | heading
H4 |  |  |  |  |  | heading
H5 |  |  |  |  |  | heading
H6 |  |  |  |  |  | heading
HEAD | O | O |  |  |  | document head
HR |  | F | E |  |  | horizontal rule
HTML | O | O |  |  |  | document root element
I |  |  |  |  |  | italic text style
IFRAME |  |  |  |  | L | inline subwindow
IMG |  | F | E |  |  | Embedded image
INPUT |  | F | E |  |  | form control
INS |  |  |  |  |  | inserted text
ISINDEX |  | F | E | D | L | single line prompt
KBD |  |  |  |  |  | text to be entered by the user
LABEL |  |  |  |  |  | form field label text
LEGEND |  |  |  |  |  | fieldset legend
LI |  | O |  |  |  | list item
LINK |  | F | E |  |  | a media-independent link
MAP |  |  |  |  |  | client-side image map
MENU |  |  |  | D | L | menu list
META |  | F | E |  |  | generic metainformation
NOFRAMES |  |  |  |  | F | alternate content container for non frame-based rendering
NOSCRIPT |  |  |  |  |  | alternate content container for non script-based rendering
OBJECT |  |  |  |  |  | generic embedded object
OL |  |  |  |  |  | ordered list
OPTGROUP |  |  |  |  |  | option group
OPTION |  | O |  |  |  | selectable choice
P |  | O |  |  |  | paragraph
PARAM |  | F | E |  |  | named property value
PRE |  |  |  |  |  | preformatted text
Q |  |  |  |  |  | short inline quotation
S |  |  |  | D | L | strike-through text style
SAMP |  |  |  |  |  | sample program output, scripts, etc.
SCRIPT |  |  |  |  |  | script statements
SELECT |  |  |  |  |  | option selector
SMALL |  |  |  |  |  | small text style
SPAN |  |  |  |  |  | generic language/style container
STRIKE |  |  |  | D | L | strike-through text
STRONG |  |  |  |  |  | strong emphasis
STYLE |  |  |  |  |  | style info
SUB |  |  |  |  |  | subscript
SUP |  |  |  |  |  | superscript
TABLE |  |  |  |  |  |
TBODY | O | O |  |  |  | table body
TD |  | O |  |  |  | table data cell
TEXTAREA |  |  |  |  |  | multi-line text field
TFOOT |  | O |  |  |  | table footer
TH |  | O |  |  |  | table header cell
THEAD |  | O |  |  |  | table header
TITLE |  |  |  |  |  | document title
TR |  | O |  |  |  | table row
TT |  |  |  |  |  | teletype or monospaced text style
U |  |  |  | D | L | underlined text style
UL |  |  |  |  |  | unordered list
VAR |  |  |  |  |  | instance of a variable or program argument