List of common HTML Tags

This page is a quick reference of the most used HTML tags. You will learn each of them in detail in the next chapters.

Page structure

Tag	Meaning
<html>	Root of the page
<head>	Information about the page
<title>	Page title
<meta>	Metadata like charset and description
<link>	Link to an external resource, like CSS
<style>	Internal CSS
<script>	JavaScript
<body>	Visible content of the page

Text

Tag	Meaning
<h1> to <h6>	Headings
<p>	Paragraph
<br>	Line break
<hr>	Horizontal line (theme break)
<strong>, <b>	Important text, bold
<em>, <i>	Emphasis, italic
<mark>	Highlighted text
<blockquote>	Long quotation
<code>	Computer code
<pre>	Preformatted text (keeps spaces and line breaks)

Links and media

Tag	Meaning
<a>	Link
<img>	Image
<audio>	Audio
<video>	Video
<iframe>	Another page inside this page
<canvas>	Drawing area for JavaScript graphics

Lists

Tag	Meaning
<ul>	Unordered (bullet) list
<ol>	Ordered (numbered) list
<li>	List item
<dl>, <dt>, <dd>	Description list, term and description

Tables

Tag	Meaning
<table>	Table
<tr>	Table row
<th>	Header cell
<td>	Data cell
<thead>, <tbody>, <tfoot>	Header, body and footer groups
<caption>	Table title

Forms

Tag	Meaning
<form>	Form
<input>	Input field
<label>	Label of a field
<textarea>	Multi-line text box
<select>, <option>	Drop-down list
<button>	Button

Layout and semantic

Tag	Meaning
<div>	Generic block container
<span>	Generic inline container
<header>	Top part of a page or section
<nav>	Navigation links
<main>	Main content of the page
<section>	A section of content
<article>	Independent content like a blog post
<aside>	Side content
<footer>	Bottom part of a page or section

Learn how tags work in HTML Elements and Tags.

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