The HTML Reference
<!DOCTYPE>--Starting An HTML PageStarting An HTML Page/
<A>--Creating A Hyperlink Or Anchor<ABBR>--Displaying Abbreviations
<ACRONYM>--Displaying Acronyms
<ADDRESS>--Displaying An Address
<APPLET>--Embedding Applets In Web Pages
<AREA>--Creating Clickable Regions In Image Maps
<B>--Creating Bold Text<BASE>--Setting The Base For Hyperlinks
<BASEFONT>--Setting The Base Font
<BDO>--Overriding The Bidirectional Character Algorithm
<BGSOUND>--Adding Background Sounds
<BLOCKQUOTE>Indenting Quotations
<BODY>--Creating A Web Page's Body
<BUTTON>--Creating A Customizable Button
<CAPTION>--Creating A Table Caption<CODE>--Displaying Program Code
<COLGROUP>--Grouping And Formatting Columns
<DD>--Creating Definition List Definitions<DEL>--Displaying Text As Deleted
Purpose: Annotates a Web page with a comment in the HTML that you can read by looking at the HTML, but will not be displayed in the Web browser.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required This tag takes no content.
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* None
<!DOCTYPE>--Starting An HTML Page
Purpose: Formally starts an HTML document, indicating the version of HTML used.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/None
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4]
Attributes:
* None
Purpose: Creates a hyperlink (use the HREF attribute) or anchor (use the NAME attribute).
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* ACCESSKEY--Assigns a keyboard shortcut to the hyperlink; you usually use a platform-dependent key, like the Alt key in Windows, along with the shortcut to give the hyperlink the focus (when it has the focus, it receives keystrokes). Set to a single (case-insensitive) alphanumeric value. [4, IE4, IE5]
* CHARSET--Specifies the character encoding of the target of the hyperlink. Set to a Request For Comments (RFC) 2045 language character set string (the default value is ISO-8859-1). [4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* COORDS--Sets the coordinate values (in pixels) appropriate to the accompanying SHAPE attribute to define a region of an image for image maps. Set up SHAPE types and COORDS definitions as: SHAPE=RECT COORDS="left, top, right, bottom"; SHAPE=CIRC COORDS="centerX, centerY, radius"; SHAPE=POLY COORDS="x1, y1, x2, y2, ... , xn, yn". [4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* HREF--Holds the target URL of the hyperlink. Either this attribute or the NAME attribute must be used. Set to a URL. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* HREFLANG--Specifies the base language of the target indicated in the HREF attribute. Set to RFC 1766 values. [4]
* ID--A unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* METHODS--Can specify methods to be used in accessing the target. This attribute has disappeared from the HTML 3.2 recommendation. Set to names matching the protocol scheme of the URL in the HREF attribute. [2, 3, IE4, IE5]
* NAME--Specifies an anchor name, the name you want to use when referring to the enclosed items (such as text, images, and so on) as the target of a hyperlink. Either this attribute or the HREF attribute must be used. Set to a string of alphanumeric characters. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* REL--Specifies the relationship described by the hyperlink. Set to a white space separated list of relationship names. See "<LINK>--Setting Link Information" in the Immediate Solutions section for more on the REL attribute. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* REV--Essentially the same as the REL attribute, but the syntax works in the reverse direction. A link from A to B with REL="X" is the same relationship as a link from B to A with REV="X". Set to a white space separated list of relationship names. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* SHAPE--Defines the type of region to be defined for mapping in the current AREA tag. Used with the COORDS attribute. Set to RECT (the default), CIRC, CIRCLE, POLY, or POLYGON. [3, 4]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TABINDEX--Sets the tab sequence of hyperlinks in the page (pressing the Tab key moves from one to the next hyperlink). Set to a positive or negative integer. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TARGET--Indicates the named frame for the HREF hyperlink to jump to. Set to the name of a frame. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* TITLE--An advisory only title for the target resource. The TITLE attribute holds text that will be displayed in tool tips when the mouse rests over the hyperlink. Set to an alphanumeric string. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE4, IE5]
* TYPE--Specifies the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) type of the target given in the HREF attribute. Set to an alphanumeric MIME type, like image/gif. [4]
* URN--Designed to give a more persistent identifier for the NAME value of the hyperlink (but never implemented in the main browsers); has been removed from the HTML specification as of HTML 3.2. [2, 3, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Styles text as an abbreviation.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Optional
Supported: [4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [4]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4]
Purpose: Used to display acronyms.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [4, IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Displays text styled as an address.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Embeds applets in Web pages. Superseded by the <OBJECT> element. Deprecated.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* ACCESSKEY--Sets the access key for the element. [IE5]
* ALIGN--Specifies the alignment of text following or next to the applet; set to: LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, BOTTOM, MIDDLE, BASELINE, TEXTTOP, ABSMIDDLE, or ABSBOTTOM. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* ALT--Text to be displayed if a browser supports applets but cannot run this one for some reason. Set to alphanumeric characters. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* ARCHIVE--Used when you've stored the applet in a Java Archive (JAR) or ZIP file to reduce download time. Set to a URL. [4, NS3, NS4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5]
* CODE--Indicates a URL pointing to the applet's class. Set to a URL. Required. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* CODEBASE--Specifies the base URL of the applet if the CODE attribute is relative. And if the CODEBASE URL is relative, it is treated as such in relation to the current document URL or the BASE HREF element. Set to a URL. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* CONTENTEDITABLE--Set to TRUE if the content is editable. [IE5]
* DATAFLD--Name of the column of the data source object that supplies the bound data. Set to alphanumeric characters. [IE4, IE5]
* DATASRC--Gives the URL or ID of the data source object supplying data bound to this element. W3C says this should be a URL, Internet Explorer says it should be a data source ID. [IE4, IE5]
* DISABLED--Indicates if the element is disabled. [IE5]
* HEIGHT--Specifies the height of the space reserved for the applet in the Web page. Set to positive pixel measurements. Required. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* HSPACE--Specifies the padding space allocated to the right and left of the applet. Set to pixel values. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* MAYSCRIPT--Gives the applet access to JavaScript in a page. Stand-alone attribute. [NS3, NS4]
* NAME--Name of the applet in the Web browser; applets must be given names if you want other applets or scripts to be able to find and interact with them. Set to alphanumeric characters. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* OBJECT--Gives the name of the resource that contains a serialized representation of an applet (the applet will be deserialized by the browser). Set to alphanumeric characters. [4]
* SRC--Specifies a URL reference to an applet (similar to the CODE and CODEBASE attributes). Set to a URL value. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TABINDEX--Holds the tab index for the element. [IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* VSPACE--Specifies the padding space allocated above and below the applet. Set to pixel values. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* WIDTH--Specifies the width of the space reserved for the applet in the Web page. Set to positive pixel measurements. Required. [3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Purpose: Specifies a clickable region in a client-side image map. Use this element in <MAP> elements.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Omitted. This element does not take any content.
Supported: [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* ACCESSKEY--Assigns a keyboard shortcut to the hyperlink; you usually use a platform-dependent key, like the Alt key in Windows, along with the shortcut to give the hyperlink the focus. Set to a single (case-insensitive) alphanumeric value. [4, IE4, IE5]
* ALT--This required attribute holds alternate text for the region defined by the <AREA> element. [3.2, 4, IE4, IE5]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* COORDS--Specifies the actual coordinates for the clickable area. The coordinate system starts at the top-left corner of the image and coordinates get larger as you move down and to the right. Here are the SHAPE types and COORDS definitions you can use: SHAPE=RECT, COORDS="left, top, right, bottom"; SHAPE=CIRCLE, COORDS="centerX, centerY, radius"; SHAPE=POLY, COORDS="x1, y1, x2, y2, ... , xn, yn". [3.2, 4, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* HREF--Holds the hyperlink target that the browser should navigate to when this clickable area is clicked. Set to a URL. [3.2, 4, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* ID--A unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* NAME--Name used for the element. [NS4]
* NOHREF--Specifies that there is no hyperlink target for this <AREA> element. This is the default if you don't specify a hyperlink with the HREF attribute. This is a stand-alone attribute. [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* SHAPE--Specifies the shape of the area. Use this attribute together with the COORDS attribute. Possible values: RECT (the default, also RECTANGLE), CIRC (also CIRCLE), POLY (also POLYGON). [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TABINDEX--Sets the tab sequence of hyperlinks in the map (pressing the Tab key moves from one to the next hyperlink). Set to a positive or negative integer. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TARGET--Gives the name of a frame for the HREF hyperlink to jump to when clicked. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Sets the text style to bold.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Sets the base URL for the hyperlinks in a page.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Omitted. This element takes no content. Can only be used in the <HEAD> section.
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* HREF--Holds the URL you want to use as the base URL of hyperlinks in the page. HREF is a required attribute. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* TARGET--Gives the target frame for hyperlink targets to load to. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Purpose: Sets the base font. Relative font changes (created with the <FONT> element) are made with respect to the base font. Deprecated in HTML 4.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Omitted
Supported: [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* COLOR--Deprecated. Color of the default text; set it to a color value or predefined color. [4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* FACE--Deprecated. The font face of default text can be a comma-separated list of font names. The browser will select the first one it can find in the system it's running on. [4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4]
* SIZE--Deprecated. Size of default text. Possible values range from 1 through 7. [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Overrides the direction in which text is to be read, so the browser can render text from different languages satisfactorily.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [4, IE5]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of text. Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--String indicating the language or character set used in the <BDO> element. Adheres to Request For Comment (RFC) 1766, which is available on the Internet). [4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Plays background sound from AU, MIDI, or WAV files while the user is viewing a page.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Omitted. This element contains no content.
Supported: [IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* BALANCE--Sets the stereophonic balance. Setting this attribute to -10,000 creates left-only balance, and setting it to 10,000 represents right-only balance. Setting it to 0 (the default) results in balanced output between the two stereo output devices. [IE4, IE5]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [IE4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* LOOP--Sets the number of times the sound should play. Set to positive integers or -1, which means the sound will play continuously until the page is unloaded or sound is turned off in the browser. [IE3, IE4, IE5]
* SRC--Indicates the URL of the audio file to play; can be WAV, AU, or MIDI format. [IE3, IE4, IE5]
* VOLUME--Sets the volume of the output device. Setting this to 0 (the default) results in full volume; -10,000 results in zero volume. [IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Renders text in a bigger font than the current default. Often used for emphasis.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [3, 3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Displays enclosed text as blinking on and off approximately once a second.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* None
Purpose: Indents and styles text as a quotation. Use for longer, multiline quotations; otherwise use <Q>.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CITE--Indicates the source of the quotation. Set to text. [4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Contains the body of the HTML document, which includes the content that will actually appear in the Web browser. The entire content of the Web page is placed in the page's <BODY> element.
Start Tag/End Tag: Optional/Optional
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* ALINK--Deprecated. Color of hyperlinks as they're being clicked. Set it to a color value or predefined color name. [3.2, 4, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* BACKGROUND--Deprecated. The URL of a graphic file to be used in tiling the browser's background. [3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* BGCOLOR--Deprecated. The color of the browser's background. Set it to one of the predefined colors or a color value. [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* BGPROPERTIES--Indicates if the background should scroll when the text does. If you set it to FIXED, the only allowed value, the background will not scroll when the text does. [IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* BOTTOMMARGIN--Specifies the bottom margin, the empty space at the bottom of the document in pixels. [IE4, IE5]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* LEFTMARGIN--Specifies the left margin, the empty space at left of the document in pixels. [IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* LINK--Deprecated. Color of hyperlinks that have not yet been visited (identified by the browser). Set it to a color value or predefined color name. [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* MARGINHEIGHT--Gives the height of the margins at top and bottom of the page in pixels. [NS4]
* MARGINWIDTH--Gives the width of the left and right margins of the page in pixels. [NS4]
* RIGHTMARGIN--Specifies the right margin, the empty space to the right of the document in pixels. [IE4, IE5]
* SCROLL--Specifies whether a vertical scrollbar appears to the right of the document; can be YES (the default) or NO. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TEXT--Deprecated. Color of the text in the document. Set it to a color value or a predefined color. [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* TOPMARGIN--Specifies the top margin, the empty space at the top of the document in pixels. [IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* VLINK--Deprecated. Color of hyperlinks that have been visited (identified by the browser). Set it to a color value or predefined color name. [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Purpose: Inserts a line break into a page.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Omitted. This tag does not contain any content.
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* CLEAR--Used to move past-aligned images or other elements. Set to NONE (the default; just a normal break), LEFT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear left margin past the aligned element), RIGHT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear right margin past the aligned element), or ALL (breaks line and moves down until both margins are clear of the aligned element). [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4]
Purpose: Creates a customizable button.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [4, IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* ACCESSKEY--Keyboard shortcut key; a single character is used as the value of this attribute. The user can type a platform-dependent key (such as Alt) with the ACCESSKEY character to trigger the active field. Set to an alphanumeric character. [4, IE4, IE5]
* CLASS--Class of the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* DATAFLD--Name of the column of the data source object that supplies the bound data. Set to alphanumeric characters. [IE4, IE5]
* DATAFORMATAS--Specifies if bound data is plain text or HTML. Set to HTML, PLAINTEXT, or TEXT. [IE4, IE5]
* DATASRC--Gives the URL or ID of the data source object supplying data bound to this element. W3C says this should be a URL, Internet Explorer says it should be a data source ID. [IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* DISABLED--Specifies that the element is disabled when first displayed. Stand-alone attribute. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* NAME--Gives the element a name. Set to alphanumeric characters. [4, IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TABINDEX--Sets the tab index of the element, which locates it in the tab order of the form, allowing the user to press the Tab key and navigate from element to element. Set to positive or negative integers. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TYPE--Specifies the purpose that the button will fulfill--that of the traditional Submit, Reset, or multipurpose button. Set to SUBMIT, RESET, or BUTTON. [4, IE4, IE5]
* VALUE--Represents the result of the button when clicked. Set to alphanumeric characters. [4, IE4, IE5]
Events:
* Internet Explorer--onbeforecut, onbeforeeditfocus, onbeforefocusenter, onbeforefocusleave, onbeforepaste, onblur, onclick, oncontextmenu, oncontrolselect, oncut, ondblclick, ondragenter, ondragleave, ondragover, ondrop, onfilterchange, onfocus, onfocusenter, onfocusleave, onhelp, onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onlosecapture, onmousedown, onmouseenter, onmouseleave, onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onmouseup, onpaste, onpropertychange, onreadystatechange, onresize, onresizeend, onresizestart, onselectstart
* Netscape Navigator--not applicable
Purpose: Specifies the data for a table cell. Used inside the <TR> element.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* ALIGN--Sets the horizontal alignment of the caption. Set to TOP or BOTTOM. Internet Explorer 2 also added settings LEFT, CENTER, and RIGHT. Deprecated. [3, 3.2, 4, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* VALIGN--Sets the vertical alignment of the caption. Set to TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE. [IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Centers its enclosed text in the Web browser. Deprecated in HTML 4.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4]
Purpose: Styles text as a citation; usually rendered in italics.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Styles text as program code in a monospace font.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Defines a column structure inside a <COLGROUP> element. Using this element is optional in <COLGROUP> elements.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Omitted
Supported: [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* ALIGN--Specifies alignment of text in the column group. Set to LEFT, CENTER, or RIGHT. [4, IE4, IE5]
* BGCOLOR--Specifies the background color. Set to a color value. [IE4, IE5]
* CHAR--Specifies a character to align text on. Set to an alphanumeric character. [4]
* CHAROFF--Sets the alignment offset to the first character to align on, as set with CHAR. [4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* SPAN--Specifies the number of columns this column group includes (the default is 1). Set to positive integers. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* VALIGN--Sets the vertical alignment of the text. Set to TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE. [4, IE4, IE5]
* WIDTH--Sets the width of columns in the table. Set to a pixel measurement or percentage, or set to "0*" to make the browser display the column in the minimum appropriate width. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Creates a column group, letting you format columns to your specifications.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Optional
Supported: [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* ALIGN--Specifies alignment of text in the column group. Set to LEFT, CENTER, or RIGHT. [4, IE4, IE5]
* BGCOLOR--Specifies the background color. Set to a color value. [IE4, IE5]
* CHAR--Specifies a character to align text on. Set to an alphanumeric character. [4]
* CHAROFF--Sets the alignment offset to the first character to align on, as set with CHAR. [4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* SPAN--Specifies the number of columns this column group includes (the default is 1). Set to positive integers. Note that this attribute is ignored if this element contains <COL> elements. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
* VALIGN--Sets the vertical alignment of the text. Set to TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE. [4, IE4, IE5]
* WIDTH--Sets the width of columns in the table. Set to a pixel measurement or percentage, or set to "0*" to make the browser display the column in the minimum appropriate width. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
<DD>
--Creating Definition List DefinitionsPurpose: Specifies a definition description for use in definition lists. Use with <DT> elements inside a <DL> element.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Optional
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* CLEAR--Used to move past aligned images or other elements. Set to NONE (the default; just a normal break), LEFT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear left margin past the aligned element), RIGHT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear right margin past the aligned element), or ALL (breaks line and moves down until both margins are clear of the aligned element). [3]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--A unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Marks text as deleted. Rendered as strikethrough text in Internet Explorer.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [4, IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* CITE--Text that cites the reason for the insertion. [4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5]
* DATETIME--Displays the date and time of the change (for format, see the DATETIME entry in the<INS> section). [4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Styles text to indicate the first time a term is used--that is, to indicate that you're defining the term; usually rendered as italics.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (as might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Creates a directory list; usually displayed simply as an unordered list. Deprecated.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* COMPACT--Deprecated. Stand-alone attribute specifying that compact rendering be used. [2, 3, 3.2, 4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [IE4, IE5]
* ID--A unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Selects a block of text so you can apply styles.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [3, 3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* ALIGN--Deprecated. Sets the horizontal alignment of the element in the page. Set to LEFT (the default), RIGHT, CENTER, or JUSTIFY. [3, 3.2, 4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* CLEAR--Used to move past-aligned images or other elements. Set to NONE (the default; just a normal break), LEFT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear left margin past the aligned element), RIGHT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear right margin past the aligned element), or ALL (breaks line and moves down until both margins are clear of the aligned element). [3]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--Unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Creates a definition list. Embed <DT> and <DD> elements in a <DL> element.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Required
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* CLEAR--Used to move past aligned images or other elements. Set to NONE (the default; just a normal break), LEFT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear left margin past the aligned element), RIGHT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear right margin past the aligned element), or ALL (breaks line and moves down until both margins are clear of the aligned element). [3]
* COMPACT--Deprecated. Stand-alone attribute specifying that compact rendering be used. [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--A unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
Purpose: Specifies a definition term used in definition lists. Use inside a <DL> element and pair with <DT> elements.
Start Tag/End Tag: Required/Optional
Supported: [2, 3, 3.2, 4, IE1, IE2, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS1, NS2, NS3, NS4]
Attributes:
* CLASS--Class of the element (used for rendering). [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* CLEAR--Used to move past aligned images or other elements. Set to NONE (the default; just a normal break), LEFT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear left margin past the aligned element), RIGHT (breaks line and moves down until there is a clear right margin past the aligned element), or ALL (breaks line and moves down until both margins are clear of the aligned element). [3]
* DIR--Gives the direction of directionally neutral text (text that doesn't have inherent direction in which you should read it). Possible values: LTR: left-to-right text or table and RTL: right-to-left text or table. [4, IE5]
* ID--A unique alphanumeric identifier for the tag, which you can use to refer to it. [3, 4, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* LANG--Base language used for the tag. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
* LANGUAGE--Scripting language used for the tag. [IE4, IE5]
* STYLE--Inline style indicating how to render the element. [4, IE3, IE4, IE5, NS4]
* TITLE--Holds additional information (which might be displayed in tool tips) for the element. [3, 4, IE4, IE5]
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