HTML Tag List
Body Tags | Text Tags | Page Formatting | Graphics | Links | Tables | Table Attributes | Frames | Frame Attributes | Forms
Body Tags
<body link=?>Sets the font color for links
(using name e.g Orange or hex value e.g #778899)
<body vlink=?>Sets the color for visited links (name or hex)
<body alink=?>Sets the color of links when clicked (name or hex)
<title></title>Puts the name of the page in the title bar (name or hex)
<body text=?>Sets the main text color (name or hex)
<body bgcolor=?>Sets the background color(name or hex)
Text Tags
<pre></pre>Creates preformated text
<h1></h1>Creates the largest headline
<h6></h6>Creates the smallest headline
<b></b>Creates bold text
<i></i>Creates italic text
<tt></tt>Creates typewriter style text
<em></em>Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<strong></strong>Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<cite></cite>Creates a Citation (usually italic)
<font size=?>Sets the font size (1-7)
<font color=?>Sets the font color
(using name e.g Orange or hex value e.g #778899)
<font face=?>Sets the font type (Verdana, Courier, verdana etc...)
Page Formatting
<p></p>Creates a new paragraph
<p align=?>Aligns a paragraph to the left right or center
<div align=?>A generic tag used with stylesheets and for large blocks of HTML
<br>Adds a line break
<dt>Preceedes each definition term
<dd>preceedes each definition
<dl></dl>Creates a definition list
<ol></ol>Creates a numbered list
<ul></ul>Creates a bulleted list
<li></li>Precedes each list item and adds a number
<blockquote></blockquote>Indents text from both sides
Graphics
<img src="file">Adds an image
<img src="file" align=?>Aligns an image - left, right, center, bottom, top or middle
<img src="file" border=?>Sets the size of a border to be placed round an image
<hr width=?>Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value
<hr width=?>Sets the size (height) of rule
<hr>Inserts a horizontal rule
<hr noshade>Creates a rule without shadow
Links
<a href="url"></a>Creates a hyperlink
<a href="mailto:email"></a>Creates an e-mail link
<a name="name"></a>Creates a target location within a document
<a href="#name"></a>Creates a link to the specified target location (name)
Tables
<table></table>Creates a table
<tr></tr>Sets off each row in a table
<td></td>Sets off each cell in a row
<th></th>Sets off the table header
(a normal cell with bold, centered text)
Table Attributes
<table border=#>Sets the size of the border around table cells
<table cellspacing=#>Sets the amount of space between table cells
<table cellpadding=#>Sets the distance between a table cells border and it's contents
<table width=# or %>Sets the width of a table
(in pixels or as a percentage of the page width)
<tr align=?> or <td align=?>Sets alignment for cells
left, right or center)
<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?>Sets vertical alignment for cells
(top, middle or bottom)
<td colspan=#>Sets the number of collums for a cell to span
<td rowspan=#>Sets the number of rows for a cell to span
<td nowrap>Prevents the lines within a cell being broken to fit
Frames
<frameset></frameset>Replaces the <body> tag in a frames document, can also be nested in other framesets
<frameset rows="value,value">Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width
<frameset cols="value,value">Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width
<frame>Defines a single frame or region
<noframes></noframes>Defines what will show on browsers that don't support frames
Frame Attributes
<frame src="url">Specifies the HTML doccument to be displayed
<frame name="name">Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames
<frame marginwidth=#>Defines the left and right margins for the frame
(must be equal to or greater than 1)
<frame marginheight=#>Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame
(must be equal to or greater than 1)
<frame scrolling=VALUE>Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal "yes," "no," or "auto."
The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto.
<frame noresize>Prevents the user from resizing a frame
Forms
<form></form>Creates all forms
<select multiple name="NAME"></select>Creates a scrolling menu, the size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.
<select name="NAME"></select>Creates a pulldown menu
<option>Sets off each menu item
<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea>Creates a textbox, cols = width rows = height
<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">Creates a checkbox, text follows current tag
<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">Creates a radio button, text follows current tag
<input type="text" name="foo" size="20">Creates a one line text area, size= length in characters
<input type="submit" value="NAME">Creates a submit button
<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">Creates a submit button using an image
<input type="reset">Creates a reset button