HTML TAG REFERENCE |
NAME | W3C HTML 4.0 | Netscape navigator | Microsoft Internet explorer | DESCRIPTION |
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A | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | anchor |
ABBR | Yes | | | abbreviated form (e.g., WWW etc.) |
ACRONYM | Yes | | | self explanatory |
ADDRESS | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | info on author |
APPLET | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | Java applet |
AREA | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | client-side image map area |
B | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | bold text |
BASE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | document base URL |
BASEFONT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | base font size |
BDO | Yes | | | I18N BiDi over-ride |
BGSOUND | | | IE3+ | background sound |
BIG | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | large text style |
BLINK | | v3 up | | blinking text |
BLOCKQUOTE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | long quotation |
BODY | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | document body |
BR | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | forced line break |
BUTTON | Yes | | IE4+ | push button |
CAPTION | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | table caption |
CENTER | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | shorthand for DIV align=center |
CITE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | citation |
CODE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | computer code fragment |
COL | Yes | | IE3+ | table column |
COLGROUP | Yes | | IE3+ | table column group |
COMMENT | | | IE3+ | editing comment (ignored by browser) |
DD | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | definition description |
DEL | Yes | | IE4+ | deleted text |
DFN | Yes | | IE3+ | instance definition |
DIR | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | directory list |
DIV | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | generic language/style container |
DL | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | definition list |
DT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | definition term |
EM | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | emphasis |
EMBED | | v3 up | IE3+ | embeds external object |
FIELDSET | Yes | | IE4+ | form control group |
FONT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | local change to font |
FORM | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | interactive form |
FRAME | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | subwindow |
FRAMESET | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | window subdivision |
H1 | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | heading size 1(largest) |
H2 | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | heading size 2 |
H3 | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | heading size 3 |
H4 | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | heading size 4 |
H5 | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | heading size 5 |
H6 | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | heading size 6 |
HEAD | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | document head |
HR | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | horizontal rule |
HTML | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | document root element |
I | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | italic text |
IFRAME | Yes | | IE3+ | inline subwindow |
ILAYER | | v4 up | | positioning content |
IMG | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | Embedded image |
INPUT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | form control |
INS | Yes | | IE4+ | inserted text |
ISINDEX | Yes | v3 up | IE4+ | single line prompt |
KBD | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | text to be entered by the user |
KEYGEN | | v4 up | | for use in web-based certificate management systems |
LABEL | Yes | | | form field label text |
LAYER | | v4 up | | positioning content |
LEGEND | Yes | | IE4+ | fieldset legend |
LI | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | list item |
LINK | Yes | v4 up | IE3+ | a media-independent link |
MAP | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | client-side image map |
MARQUEE | | | IE3+ | scrolling text field |
MENU | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | menu list |
META | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | generic metainformation |
MULTICOL | | v3 up | | multiple column formatting |
NOBR | | v3 up | IE3+ | ensures that a line of text does not wrap to the next line |
NOEMBED | | v3 up | | alternative text for embedded objects |
NOFRAMES | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | alternate content container for non frame-based rendering |
NOLAYER | | v3 up | IE3+ | positioning content |
NOSCRIPT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | alternate content container for non script-based rendering |
OBJECT | Yes | v4 up | IE3+ | generic embedded object |
OL | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | ordered list |
OPTGROUP | Yes | | | option group |
OPTION | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | selectable choice |
P | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | paragraph |
PARAM | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | named property value |
PLAINTEXT | | v3 up | IE3+ | Text Format |
PRE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | preformatted text |
Q | Yes | | | short inline quotation |
S | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | strike-through text style |
SAMP | Yes | | | sample program output, scripts, etc. |
SCRIPT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | script statements |
SELECT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | option selector |
SERVER | | v3 up | IE3+ | specifies server-side JavaScript statements |
SMALL | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | small text style |
SPACER | | v3 up | | inserts a space in a document |
SPAN | Yes | v4 up | IE3+ | generic language/style container |
STRIKE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | strike-through text |
STRONG | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | strong emphasis |
STYLE | Yes | v4 up | IE3+ | style info |
SUB | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | subscript |
SUP | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | superscript |
TABLE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | self explanatory |
TBODY | Yes | | IE4+ | table body |
TD | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | table data cell |
TEXTAREA | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | multi-line text field |
TFOOT | Yes | | IE4+ | table footer |
TH | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | table header cell |
THEAD | Yes | | IE4+ | table header |
TITLE | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | document title |
TR | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | table row |
TT | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | teletype or monospaced text style |
U | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | underlined text style |
UL | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | unordered list |
VAR | Yes | v3 up | IE3+ | instance of a variable or program argument |
WBR | | v3 up | IE4+ | instance of a variable or program argument |
XMP | | v3 up | IE3+ | Similar to PRE. |
Data from: W3C at http://www.w3c.org Netscape at developer.netscape.com Microsoft at www.microsoft.com
THIS IS NOT COMPLETE GUIDE BUT IS A LIST OF MOST TAGS
LIST CREATED ~ OCT 99 |