Don's Quick Reference to HTML Tags
Copyright 2005 Don Woods
| Start Tag | End Tag | Don's Quick Reference |
|---|---|---|
| <a> | </a> | Anchor or Link container |
| <b> | </b> | Boldfaced text container |
| <blockquote> | </blockquote> | Container for indented block of text |
| <body> | </body> | Body section container |
| <br> | Line break--skips down to the next line on page | |
| <dd> | Dictionary definition break--skips down to next line on page, indents text | |
| <dl> | </dl> | Dictionary list container |
| <dt> | Dictionary term break--skips down to next line, ends <dd> indentation | |
| <font> | </font> | Font container--specifies text size and color |
| <form> | </form> | Form container |
| <frame> | Frame object | |
| <frameset> | </frameset> | Frameset container |
| <h1> | </h1> | Container for largest headline text |
| <h2> | </h2> | Container for second largest headline text |
| <h3> | </h3> | Container for third largest headline text |
| <head> | </head> | Head section container |
| <hidden> | Hidden object--not displayed | |
| <hr> | Horizontal rule break--inserts line across page | |
| <html> | </html> | HTML web page container |
| <i> | </i> | Italicized text container |
| <img> | Image object--places image on page | |
| <input> | Input object | |
| <li> | List item break--skips down to next line on page, precedes text with bullet or sequential number | |
| <meta> | Meta object, for search engine information | |
| <ol> | </ol> | Ordered list container--numbered list items |
| <option> | Option object--for options in a selction list | |
| <p> | Paragraph break--inserts blank row across page, align property affects text following paragraph break | |
| <s> | </s> | Subscript text container, same as <sub></sub> |
| <script> | </script> | Script container--not displayed |
| <select> | </select> | Selection list container |
| <strike> | </strike> | Strike text container--draws line through text |
| <style> | </style> | Embedded style sheet container |
| <sub> | </sub> | Subscript text container |
| <sup> | </sup> | Superscript text container |
| <table> | </table> | Table container |
| <td> | </td> | Table data container--for each cell in a table row |
| <textarea> | </textarea> | Text area box container |
| <th> | </th> | Table header container--for a cell with boldfaced, centered text in a table row |
| <title> | </title> | Title bar text container--displayed in browser title bar |
| <tr> | </tr> | Table row container |
| <u> | </u> | Underlined text container |
| <ul> | </ul> | Unordered list container--bulleted list items |
| <!-- | --> | Comment object--not displayed |