This page contains all the HTML tags in alphabetical order. We have also mentioned the tags that are newly introduced in HTML5.
| Tag | Description | Watch Video |
|---|---|---|
| <!--...--> | To add a comment | Video on <!--...--> tag |
| <!DOCTYPE> | To Define the type of HTML document | Video on <!DOCTYPE> tag |
| <a> | To create a hyperlink | Video on <a> tag |
| <abbr> | Defines an abbreviation (short form of words or phrases) | Video on <abbr> tag |
| <acronym> | Deprecated in HTML5. Better to use <abbr> instead. To Define an acronym that is like an abbreviation | |
| <address> | To provide the contact details of author of the page/document | Video on <address> tag |
| <applet> | Deprecated in HTML5. Better to use <embed> or <object> instead. It was used to embed Java applets on the HTML document | |
| <area> | defines a clickable area as a hotspot inside an image-map where the user can click. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <area> tag |
| <article> | To define an article (creates a separate block or section). New tag in HTML5 | Video on <article> tag |
| <aside> | Defines other content which is separate from the surrounding content. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <aside> tag |
| <audio> | Used to embed audio in web page. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <audio> tag |
| <b> | Defines bold text | Video on <b> tag |
| <base> | Sets the base URL for all the relative URLs in a document | Video on <base> tag |
| <basefont> | HTML5 does not support it. Use CSS Fonts instead. Earlier it was used to specify font size, color & font face for the HTML document | |
| <bdi> | Denotes Bi-Directional Isolation. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <bdi> tag |
| <bdo> | Describes bi-directional override of the text | Video on <bdo> tag |
| <blockquote> | To add/quote a block of text from another source | Video on <blockquote> tag |
| <body> | Defines the actual content of the document which is displayed to the user | Video on <body> tag |
| <br> | There is no End tag for this tag. Helps to add a line break inside a paragraph or block | Video on <br> tag |
| <button> | To create clickable buttons like submit, reset, cancel, ok, etc. | Video on <button> tag |
| <canvas> | New tag added in HTML5. Help to draw graphics on web page using JavaScript | Video on <canvas> tag |
| <caption> | Defines a caption for the table | Video on <caption> tag |
| <center> | Not supported in HTML5. Use <CSS Text > instead. Helps to align the text towards the center of the line. | |
| <cite> | To add the title of the work | |
| <code> | Defines text in computer code for formatting. This is one of the Phrase tags | Video on <cite> tag |
| <col> | defines the properties for each column within <colgroup> | Video on <col> tag |
| <colgroup> | Used to create a group of one or more columns in a table. | Video on <colgroup> tag |
| <data> | Sets machine readable values for the given contents. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <data> tag |
| <datalist> | To show an item list containing a pre-defined option in a drop down list. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <datalist> tag |
| <dd> | describes about the short term(i.e. <dt> element) in the description list | Video on <dd> tag |
| <del> | Defines the deleted text in HTML document | Video on <del> tag |
| <details> | Gives an option to the user to show or hide the details about the heading of the <summary> tag. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <details> tag |
| <dfn> | HTML definition tag for a term | Video on <dfn> tag |
| <dialog> | To create a dialog box or a pop up window. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <dialog> tag |
| <dir> | Depricated in HTML5. Describes directory list.Use <ul> instead. | |
| <div> | Helps to create the layout of the Web Page by dividing an area into sections or divisions | Video on <div> tag |
| <dl> | To define a description list | Video on <dl> tag |
| <dt> | Defines the short term in description list | Video on <dt> tag |
| <em> | To emphasize a text so it formats a text to emphasized text | Video on <em> tag |
| <embed> | Dspecifies container for an external application, multimedia or interactive content into HTML document. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <embed> tag |
| <fieldset> | To create related data in a group inside a form | Video on <fieldset> tag |
| <figcaption> | Sets a caption for the <figure> element. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <figcaption> tag |
| <figure> | Creates a self-contained media content with a caption. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <figure> tag |
| <font> | Deprecated in HTML5. Use <CSS > instead. Defines font face, size, and text color. | |
| <footer> | Defines footer for page or section. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <footer> tag |
| <form> | To create the structure of a user Form | Video on <form> tag |
| <h1> to <h6> | To add heading tags | Video on <h1> to <h6> tag |
| <head> | To provide metadata(data about data) information of the HTML document | Video on <head> tag |
| <header> | Contains heading elements, title, logo, author information, etc. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <header> tag |
| <hgroup> | Deprecated in HTML5. To group the multi level heading elements from <h1> to <h6> | |
| <hr> | Inserts a horizontal line between paragraph level documents | Video on <hr> tag |
| <html> | To define the root(foundation) element in the html page | Video on <html> tag |
| <i> | Formats text in document to italic text | Video on <i> tag |
| <iframe> | Allows us to present a web page within same web page | Video on <iframe> tag |
| <img> | Adds an image in the HTML document | Video on <img> tag |
| <input> | To add an input field where user can give their details in the given form | Video on <input> tag |
| <ins> | A way to define an inserted text in HTML document | Video on <ins> tag |
| <kbd> | Phrase tag that marks the input text as a keyboard input | Video on <kbd> tag |
| <keygen> | Deprecated in HTML5. To generate a key pair i.e. a private encrypted key and a public key | |
| <label> | Describes text label for the <input> tag field of the form | Video on <label> tag |
| <legend> | describes caption (text label) for a parent element which is <fieldset> element | Video on <legend> tag |
| <li> | Defines the list of items in Ordered List & Unordered List | Video on <li> tag |
| <link> | Links external style sheets | Video on <link> tag |
| <main> | New tag in HTML5. To place only the main content(most important information) of the document | Video on <main> tag |
| <map> | represents a map within the <img> tag | Video on <map> tag |
| <mark> | Highlights a part of the text on which it is applied. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <mark> tag |
| <menu> | specifies the list of commands which is used to build menus. Deprecated in HTML5 | Video on <menu> tag |
| <menuitem> | Defines a list of menu items (command) that the user can invoke from a popup menu. Deprecated in HTML5 | |
| <meta> | Describes the metadata of HTML page | Video on <meta> tag |
| <meter> | Helps to create a gauge.New tag in HTML5 | Video on <meter> tag |
| <nav> | Defines an important block of navigation Links so that the users can easily navigate through the site. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <nav> tag |
| <noscript> | Acts as a fallback content for the <script> tag | Video on <noscript> tag |
| <object> | To set a container for an external application | Video on <object> tag |
| <ol> | Adds an ordered list | Video on <ol> tag |
| <optgroup> | Gives an option to select an item from a group of a drop down list | Video on <optgroup> tag |
| <option> | Displays option in drop down list | Video on <option> tag |
| <output> | Shows the result of a calculation. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <output> tag |
| <p> | Creates paragraph of the document | Video on <p> tag |
| <param> | To define parameters for embedded object | Video on <param> tag |
| <pre> | To define preformatted text | Video on <pre> tag |
| <progress> | To help to show a progress bar to show the progress of a task. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <progress> tag |
| <q> | Defines short quotations | Video on <q> tag |
| <rp> | Helps the browsers to show a text if the browser does not support the ruby annotation. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <rp> tag |
| <rt> | Defines Character pronunciation of ruby annotations. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <rt> tag |
| <ruby> | Specifies a ruby annotation to display the pronunciation of East Asian languages spoken in countries like China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea & Taiwan. | Video on <ruby> tag |
| <s> | Strikes through a text to convey a message that this text is incorrect | Video on <s> tag |
| <samp> | Phrase tag which describes sample output from the computer program | Video on <samp> tag |
| <script> | Runs a client-side script which is called as JavaScript. | Video on <script> tag |
| <section> | Defines an area/section of a document.New tag in HTML5 | Video on <section> tag |
| <select> | Defines a drop down list. | Video on <select> tag |
| <small> | Decreases the font-size of the text | Video on <small> tag |
| <source> | Specifies multimedia resources for <video> and <audio> elements. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <source> tag |
| <span> | Acts as a container for the inline elements and contents | Video on <span> tag |
| <strike> | Deprecated in HTML5. Use <s> or <del> instead. Used to define strike through a given text to mark it as an incorrect text | |
| <strong> | Makes a text as bold and marks it as an important text. | Video on <strong> tag |
| <style> | Used to add style to the HTML document | Video on <style> tag |
| <sub> | To show subscript | Video on <sub> tag |
| <summary> | Defines a summary(heading) for the contents of the <details> element | Video on <summary> tag |
| <sup> | To show superscript | Video on <sup> tag |
| <svg> | Helps to describe the 2D Graphics and Graphical applications in XML for the website. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <svg> tag |
| <table> | Defines a table in the HTML document | Video on <table> tag |
| <tbody> | Groups the body content in the table | Video on <tbody> tag |
| <td> | Describes a cell containing data within the table of the HTML document | Video on <td> tag |
| <template> | It can hide the content from the user in the document. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <template> tag |
| <textarea> | Represents a multi-line plain-text editing control | Video on <textarea> tag |
| <tfoot> | groups the footer content in the table and you must code it inside its parent (inside a <table> tag) | Video on <tfoot> tag |
| <th> | Defines the header content of the table in the HTML document | Video on <th> tag |
| <thead> | Groups the header content in the table | Video on <thead> tag |
| <time> | Used to describe date and time in HTML5 document. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <time> tag |
| <title> | Defines the title of the HTML document | Video on <title> tag |
| <tr> | Defines a row in HTML table | Video on <tr> tag |
| <track> | Defines time-based text track for media elements files like <video> and <audio> elements. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <track> tag |
| <tt> | Deprecated in HTML5. Stands for teletype text | |
| <u> | To underline a text to check the spelling mistake or misspell texts | Video on <u> tag |
| <ul> | To create an unordered list | Video on <ul> tag |
| <var> | To define a variable | Video on <var> tag |
| <video> | Used to embed video in web page. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <video> tag |
| <wbr> | Stands for word-break opportunity. New tag in HTML5 | Video on <wbr> tag |