Appendix A. HTML Tags


When you mull over HTML elements in the Tag Selector, this table may come in handy. It tells you what the various tags in the code represent on the page.

Table A-1.

Tag

Marks up

<a>

A hyperlink or a named anchor

<acronym>

An acronym

<address>

A street address

<applet>

A Java applet

<area>

A clickable region in an image map

<b>

Boldface (deprecated; use <strong> or CSS instead)

<base>

The path to the current document

<basefont>

The default typeface for the text on the page (deprecated; use CSS instead)

<big>

Text one size larger than the surrounding text

<blockquote>

An offset, indented paragraph

<body>

The body section of the page, containing everything that appears inside the browser window

<br>

A line break

<button>

A clickable button, particularly for freestanding button elements that are not in a form

<caption>

The caption of a data table

<center>

Centered text (deprecated; use CSS instead)

<cite>

A citation

<code>

A block of computer code

<col>

A table column

<colgroup>

A group of related table columns

<dd>

Definition of a term in a definition list

<del>

Content to be deleted; used by editors and proofreaders to tell the page author which pieces of content to delete before publishing the page to the Web

<div>

A division of the page; a layer

<dl>

A definition list

<dt>

The term to be defined in a definition list

<em>

Emphasized text; creates italic in all major browsers

<embed>

A multimedia file

<fieldset>

A logical group of fields in a form

<font>

The typeface of the text (deprecated; use CSS instead)

<form>

A form

<frame>

A frame in a frameset

<frameset>

A system of frames

<h1>

A first-level heading

<h2>

A second-level heading

<h3>

A third-level heading

<h4>

A fourth-level heading

<h5>

A fifth-level heading

<h6>

A sixth-level heading

<head>

The head section of a page

<hr>

A horizontal rule

<html>

An HTML page

<i>

Italic text (deprecated; use <em< or CSS instead)

<img>

An image file

<input>

A form object

<ins>

Content to be inserted; used by editors and proofreaders to tell the page author which pieces of content were added during the editing process

<kbd>

Text that the visitor should type

<label>

A label, such as the text describing the function of a form object

<legend>

The label of a fieldset

<li>

A list item

<link>

A link to an external file; used in the head section of the page

<listing>

A block of code

<map>

An image map

<meta>

Head content

<nobr>

A block of content that should not break at the right margin

<noframes>

Content to display if the visitor's browser does not support frames

<noscript>

Content to display if the visitor's browser does not support client-side scripting or has client-side scripting turned off

<object>

A multimedia file

<ol>

An ordered (numbered) list

<option>

An item in a list or menu

<p>

A paragraph

<param>

A parameter to be passed to an applet or embedded multimedia file

<plaintext>

Unformatted text

<pre>

Preformatted text; preserves the spacing and line breaks of the text as it appears in the source code

<q>

An inline quotation, such as the dialog of a character in a novel

<s>, <strike>

Text that is crossed out or "struck through" (deprecated; use CSS instead)

<samp>

Sample output from a computer program

<script>

An embedded or linked client-side script

<select>

A list or menu form object

<small>

Text one size smaller than the surrounding text

<span>

A range of content

<strong>

Strongly emphasized text; displays boldface in all the major browsers

<style>

An embedded or linked stylesheet

<sub>

A subscript

<sup>

A superscript

<table>

A table

<tbody>

The body section of a data table

<td>

A table cell

<textarea>

A multi-line text field in a form

<tfoot>

The foot section of a data table

<th>

A cell that functions as a row or column header in a data table

<thead>

The head section of a data table

<title>

The title of the page

<tr>

A table row

<tt>

Teletype or terminal-style text

<u>

Underlined text (deprecated; use CSS instead)

<ul>

An unordered (bulleted) list

<var>

A variable

<wbr>

A point within a <nobr> element where the browser may break the content if the width of the browser window requires it

<xmp>

A block of computer code presented as an examp




Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction
Dreamweaver 8 Design and Construction (OReilly Digital Studio)
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