| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| <a> | Creates a link to another page or to a location in the current page. |
| <abbr> | Indicates an acronym or abbreviation of a longer word or phrase. |
| <acronym> | Creates text that will be displayed when hovered over. |
| <applet> | Used to embed Java applets in HTML documents but is no longer supported. |
| <audio> | Represents an interface for adding audio content to the page. |
| <b> | Used to draw attention to a section of text, usually rendered in boldface. |
| <basefont> | Used to be used to set the font of text. This is now deprecated. |
| <blink> | Used to make text flash on and off and is now obsolete, deprecated, and non-standard. |
| <blockquote> | Represents a section of a document which contains a longer quotation, usually spanning multiple lines. |
| <br> | Represents a break in text. It is used when text needs to span multiple lines rather than being in-line, such as in an address. |
| <button> | Represents a button meant to be clicked by the user. |
| <canvas> | Creates graphics and animations in the page for JavaScript and WebGL to interact with. |
| <center> | Displays its contents centered horizontally in the containing element. This is now deprecated and CSS should be used instead. |
| <cite> | Represents a citation to a referenced work such as a book, a song, or a painting. |
| <code> | Represents source code contained in the text. |
| <dd> | Describes details found inside a <dl> element. It usually comes with at least one corresponding <dt> term tag.. |
| <div> | Represents a generic division of content. It has no semantic meaning, but will separate its contents from the rest of the document. |
| <dl> | Displays terms and details, commonly for metadata purposes. |
| <dt> | Describes a term found inside a <dl> tag. It usually comes with at least one corresponding <dd> details tag.. |
| <em> | Represents text which is emphasized. Browsers will show the enclosed text in italics, by default.". |
| <embed> | Inserts external content such as a video, image, page, and more. |
| <font> | Used to be used to set the font characteristics of a text. This is now deprecated. |
| <form> | Represents an interface to collect and submit user supplied information. This can include open ended text inputs, radio buttons, calendar information, and more. |
| <h1> - <h6> | Represents a text heading for a section of content, with <h1> being the highest level of heading and <h6> being the lowest. |
| <head> | Represents a collection of metadata related to the current document. It is an immediate child of the `<html>` element and may include other tags such as <title>, <link>, <style>, and <script>. |
| <html> | Represents the entire HTML document. |
| <i> | Used to set off HTML text for some reason, as idiomatic, technical, taxonomical and so on. Typically rendered as italic. |
| <iframe> | Represents a container used to embed a second web page inside the current one. It can be used for content from the same domain as the parent, or even from a second domain. |
| <img> | Displays an image on the web page. |
| <input> | Creates an interactive element, usually used within a form to allow user input. It can be used to make text boxes, color pickers, date pickers, and other UI elements. |
| <kbd> | Emphasizes characters to look like keys on a keyboard. |
| <li> | Represents a single item in a list of items. It and the other list items must be wrapped in an <ol>, <ul>, or <menu> tag. |
| <link> | Connects the current page with an external file. |
| <menu> | Represents an unordered list of items with more semantic meaning than a regular ul element. |
| <meta> | Represents an interface to provide metadata pertaining to the document. Metadata is data that is used to describe the document that contains it. |
| <noscript> | Displays content within if Javascript is disabled in the browser or not supported. |
| <object> | Represents an external resource such as an image, a nested browsing context, or content to be handled by a browser plugin. |
| <ol> | Represents an ordered list of items. |
| <option> | Represents one option in a dropdown created by the select tag. |
| <output> | Displays the result of a calculation or user action. |
| <param> | Used to pass parameters to a resource defined in an object tag. |
| <picture> | Represents multiple possible image sources to be applied to different devices and screen-sizes. |
| <q> | Used to represent a brief inline quotation. |
| <script> | Used to insert runnable code into a document, usually JavaScript. Can be used both to include a script within the HTML document, or to load an external script from another source. |
| <select> | Creates a drop-down list for the user to select from a number of option elements. |
| <source> | Represents an interface for adding source content to the page. |
| <span> | Used for grouping related text or elements for styling and scripting. |
| <strong> | Used to identify text that is very important, or urgent. |
| <table> | Represents an interface for adding tabular data to the page. Tables are two dimensional, made up of rows and columns, and can contain many types of content. |
| <u> | Used to display HTML text with a non-textual annotation. The default rendering of this is a solid underline. |
| <ul> | Represents an unordered list of items. |
| <video> | Represents an interface for adding video content to the page. |