Jens Meiert

HTML Elements Index

A continuously updated list of all HTML and XHTML elements:

Element HTML 3.2 HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2.0 Meaning
Element HTML 3.2 HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2.0 Meaning
a yes yes yes yes yes yes Anchor.
abbr no yes yes yes yes yes Abbreviation.
access no no no no no yes Accessibility mapping.
acronym no yes yes yes no no Acronym.
action no no no no no yes Action.
address yes yes yes yes yes yes Author information.
applet yes yes no no no no Java applet.
area yes yes yes yes yes no Client-side image map.
article no no no no yes no “Independent” section.
aside no no no no yes no “Auxiliary” section.
audio no no no no yes no Audio stream.
b yes yes yes yes yes no Bold text style.
base yes yes yes yes yes no Document base URI.
basefont yes yes no no no no Base font size.
bb no no no no yes no User agent command.
bdo no yes yes yes yes no I18N: Bidi override.
big yes yes yes yes no no Large text style.
blockcode no no no no no yes Code block.
blockquote yes yes yes yes yes yes Long quotation.
body yes yes yes yes yes yes Document body.
br yes yes yes yes yes no Forced line break.
button no yes yes yes yes no Push button.
canvas no no no no yes no Bitmap canvas.
caption yes yes yes yes yes yes (Table) caption.
center yes yes no no no no <div align="center">.
cite yes yes yes yes yes yes Citation.
code yes yes yes yes yes yes Code fragment.
col no yes yes yes yes yes Table column.
colgroup no yes yes yes yes yes Table column group.
command no no no no yes no User-invokable command.
datagrid no no no no yes no Tree, list, or tabular data.
datalist no no no no yes no Data list.
datatemplate no no no no yes no Data template.
dd yes yes yes yes yes yes Definition description.
del no yes yes yes yes no Deleted text.
delete no no no no no yes Delete.
details no no no no yes no Additional information.
dfn yes yes yes yes yes yes Instance definition.
di no no no no no yes Definition item.
dialog no no no no yes no Conversation.
dir yes yes no no no no Directory list.
dispatch no no no no no yes Dispatch.
div yes yes yes yes yes yes Generic container.
dl yes yes yes yes yes yes Definition list.
dt yes yes yes yes yes yes Definition term.
em yes yes yes yes yes yes Emphasis.
embed no no no no yes no Integration point.
ev:listener no no no no no yes Event listener.
fieldset no yes yes yes yes no Form control group.
figure no no no no yes no Paragraph with embedded content and caption.
font yes yes no no no no Local change to font.
footer no no no no yes no Section footer.
form yes yes yes yes yes no Interactive form.
frame no yes no no no no Subwindow.
frameset no yes no no no no Window subdivision.
group no no no no no yes Element group.
h no no no no no yes Heading.
h1 yes yes yes yes yes yes Heading.
h2 yes yes yes yes yes yes Heading.
h3 yes yes yes yes yes yes Heading.
h4 yes yes yes yes yes yes Heading.
h5 yes yes yes yes yes yes Heading.
h6 yes yes yes yes yes yes Heading.
handler no no no no no yes Handler definition.
head yes yes yes yes yes yes Document head.
header no no no no yes no Section header.
hr yes yes yes yes yes no Horizontal rule.
html yes yes yes yes yes yes Document root.
i yes yes yes yes yes no Italic text style.
iframe no yes no no yes no Inline subwindow.
img yes yes yes yes yes yes Embedded image.
input yes yes yes yes yes yes Form control.
ins no yes yes yes yes no Inserted text.
insert no no no no no yes Insert.
isindex yes yes no no no no Single line prompt.
kbd yes yes yes yes yes yes Text to be entered.
keygen no no no no yes no Key generator.
l no no no no no yes Line of text.
label no yes yes yes yes yes Form field label (XHTML 2: list label).
legend no yes yes yes yes no Fieldset legend.
li yes yes yes yes yes yes List item.
link yes yes yes yes yes yes Media-independent link.
listing yes no no no no no Listing.
load no no no no no yes Load.
map yes yes yes yes yes no Client-side image map.
mark no no no no yes no Marked text.
menu yes yes no no yes no Menu list.
message no no no no no yes Message.
meta yes yes yes yes yes yes Generic meta-information.
meter no no no no yes no Scalar measurement.
model no no no no no yes Model.
nav no no no no yes no Navigation links section.
nl no no no no no yes Navigation list.
noframes no yes no no no no Alternate container.
noscript no yes yes yes yes no Alternate container.
object no yes yes yes yes yes Generic embedded object.
ol yes yes yes yes yes yes Ordered list.
optgroup no yes yes yes yes no Option group.
option yes yes yes yes yes no Selectable choice.
output no no no no yes yes Output.
p yes yes yes yes yes yes Paragraph.
param yes yes yes yes yes yes Named property value.
plaintext yes no no no no no Plain text.
pre yes yes yes yes yes yes Preformatted text.
progress no no no no yes no Progress of a task.
q no yes yes yes yes yes Short inline quotation.
range no no no no no yes Range definition.
rb no no no yes no yes Ruby base.
rbc no no no yes no yes Ruby base container.
rebuild no no no no no yes Rebuild.
recalculate no no no no no yes Recalculate.
refresh no no no no no yes Refresh.
repeat no no no no no yes Repeat.
reset no no no no no yes Reset.
revalidate no no no no no yes Revalidate.
rp no no no yes yes yes Ruby parentheses.
rt no no no yes yes yes Ruby text.
rtc no no no yes no yes Ruby text container.
ruby no no no yes yes yes Ruby markup.
s no yes no no no no Strike-through text style.
samp yes yes yes yes yes yes Sample output.
script yes yes yes yes yes no Script statements.
secret no no no no no yes Secret input.
section no no no no yes yes Document section.
select1 no no no no no yes Single select.
select yes yes yes yes yes yes Option selector.
send no no no no no yes Send.
separator no no no no no yes Break.
setfocus no no no no no yes Set focus.
setindex no no no no no yes Set index.
setvalue no no no no no yes Set value.
small yes yes yes yes yes no Small text style.
source no no no no yes no Media resource.
span no yes yes yes yes yes Generic container.
standby no no no no no yes Message (while loading).
strike yes yes no no no no Strike-through text.
strong yes yes yes yes yes yes Strong emphasis.
style yes yes yes yes yes yes Style info.
sub yes yes yes yes yes yes Subscript.
submit no no no no no yes Submit.
summary no no no no no yes Table summary.
sup yes yes yes yes yes yes Superscript.
switch no no no no no yes Selection.
table yes yes yes yes yes yes Table.
tbody no yes yes yes yes yes Table body.
td yes yes yes yes yes yes Table data cell.
textarea yes yes yes yes yes yes Multi-line text field.
tfoot no yes yes yes yes yes Table footer.
th yes yes yes yes yes yes Table header cell.
thead no yes yes yes yes yes Table header.
time no no no no yes no Date and/or time.
title yes yes yes yes yes yes Document title.
tr yes yes yes yes yes yes Table row.
trigger no no no no no yes Trigger.
tt yes yes yes yes no no Teletype text style.
u yes yes no no no no Underlined text style.
ul yes yes yes yes yes yes Unordered list.
upload no no no no no yes File upload.
var yes yes yes yes yes yes Variable instance.
video no no no no yes no Video or movie.
xmp yes no no no no no Preformatted text.
Quantity (out of 161) 70 91 77 83 104 99

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