HTML Components

Version 11
Summary of Supported Tags and Attributes
Version 11 additions shown in blue

Document Tags

<HTML>...</HTML>
<HEAD>...</HEAD>
<STYLE>...</STYLE>
<BASE>
   HREF=base
<TITLE>...</TITLE>
<BODY>...</BODY>
   BACKGROUND=bitmap
   TEXT=color
   BGCOLOR=color
   LINK=color
   VLINK=color
   OLINK=color
   MARGINWIDTH=n
   MARGINHEIGHT=n
   BGPROPERTIES=fixed
   TOPMARGIN=n
   LEFTMARGIN=n

Physical Phrase Markup Tags

<B>...</B>
<I>...</I>
<U>...</U>
<TT>...</TT>
<S>...</S>
<FONT>...</FONT>
   SIZE=n  (n=1..7) or SIZE=+-n (incremental change)
   COLOR=color
   FACE=facename
<SUB>...</SUB>
<SUP>...</SUP>
<BIG>...</BIG>
<SMALL>...</SMALL>
<STRIKE>...</STRIKE>
<NOBR>...</NOBR>

Logical Phrase Markup Tags

<EM>...</EM>
<STRONG>...</STRONG>
<CITE>...</CITE>
<VAR>...</VAR>
<CODE>...</CODE>
<KBD>...</KBD>
<SAMP>...</SAMP>
<MARK>...</MARK>
<DFN>...</DFN>
<ABBR>...</ABBR>
<ACRONYM>...</ACRONYM>
<INS>...</MARK>
<DEL>...</DEL>

Block Tags

<P>...(</P>)
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<ADDRESS>...</ADDRESS>
<BLOCKQUOTE>...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>...</PRE>
<CENTER>...</CENTER>
<DIV>...</DIV>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<HEADER>...</HEADER>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<FOOTER>...</FOOTER>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<SECTION>...</SECTION>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<ARTICLE>...</ARTICLE>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<NAV>...</NAV>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<ASIDE>...<ASIDE/>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<HGROUP>...</HGROUP>    
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify

Lists

<OL>...</OL>
   START=value
   TYPE=1|a|A|i|I
<UL>...</UL>
   PLAIN
   TYPE=plain|none
<DIR>...</DIR>
<MENU>...</MENU>
  <LI>...(</LI>)
    VALUE=n

Description List

<DL>...</DL>
  <DD>...</DD>
  <DT>...</DT>

Tables

<TABLE>...<TABLE>
   BORDER or BORDER=n
   FRAME=void|above|below|hsides|lhs|rhs|vsides|box|border
   RULES=none|rows|cols|all
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   CELLSPACING=value
   CELLPADDING=value
   WIDTH=n|n%
   BACKGROUND=image
   BGCOLOR=color
   BORDERCOLOR=color
   BORDERCOLORLIGHT=color
   BORDERCOLORDARK=color
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
   HEIGHT=n|n%
<COLGROUP>...</COLGROUP>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   WIDTH=n|n%|n*
<COL>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   WIDTH=n|n%|n*
   SPAN=n
<CAPTION>...</CAPTION>
   ALIGN=top|bottom
<TR>...</TR>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   BGCOLOR=color
   HEIGHT=n|n%
<TH>...</TH>, <TD>...</TD>
   ROWSPAN=n
   COLSPAN=n
   WIDTH=n|n%
   HEIGHT=n|n%
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   BGCOLOR=color
   NOWRAP
<THEAD><TBODY><TFOOT>   (printing)

Forms

<FORM>...</FORM>
   METHOD=post|get
   ACTION=url
<FIELDSET>...</FIELDSET>
<LEGEND>...</LEGEND>
<INPUT>...</INPUT>
   TYPE=text|password|submit|reset|radio|checkbox|hidden|image|button|file
   NAME=string
   VALUE=string
   SIZE=chars       (text, password)
   MAXLENGTH=chars  (text, password)
   CHECKED          (radio, checkbox)
   ONCLICK=string   (button, radio, checkbox, edit)
   TABINDEX=n
   DISABLE
<SELECT>...</SELECT>
   NAME=string
   MULTIPLE
   SIZE=lines
   OnClick
   <OPTION>...(</OPTION>)
      SELECTED
      VALUE=string
   TABINDEX=n
   DISABLE
<TEXTAREA>...</TEXTAREA>
   NAME=string
   ROWS=n
   COLS=n
   WRAP=off|soft|hard
   OnClick
   TABINDEX=n
   DISABLE
<OPTION>...</OPTION>

Character Level Elements

<BR>
   CLEAR=left|right
<WBR>
<IMG>
   SRC=image
   ALT=string
   ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
   BORDER=n
   WIDTH=n,n%
   HEIGHT=n,n%
   TRANSP   (non-standard, Lower Left pixel defines transparent color
   IMAGEMAP
   USEMAP=url (local URL only)
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
   ACTIVE
<OBJECT>...</OBJECT>
   ALT=string
   ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
   WIDTH=n,n%
   HEIGHT=n,n%
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
<PARAM>
   NAME=string
   VALUE=string

Anchors

<A>...</A>
   HREF=url
   NAME=string
   TABINDEX=n

Client Side Image Maps

<MAP>...</MAP>
   NAME=string
<AREA>
   SHAPE=RECT|CIRC|CIRCLE|POLY|POLYGON
   COORDS="n1, n2, ...., nn"
   HREF=url
   NOHREF
   TITLE=title

Miscellaneous

<Hn>...</Hn>   n = 1..6
   ALIGN=left|center|right
<HR>
   SIZE=n
   WIDTH=n|n%
   COLOR=color
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   NOSHADE
<BASEFONT>
   SIZE=n  (n=1..7) or SIZE=+-n (incremental change)
<BGSOUND>
   SRC=filename
   LOOP=n
<Span>
   Style

Frame Syntax

<FRAMESET>...</FRAMESET>
   ROWS|COLS=n1, n2, .., nn  (absolute, %, or *)
   BORDER=n         (Main FRAMESET only)
   FRAMEBORDER=n    (Main FRAMESET only)
<FRAME>
   SRC=filename
   NAME=windowname
   SCROLLING=yes|no|auto
   NORESIZE
   MARGINHEIGHT=n
   MARGINWIDTH=n
<NOFRAMES>...</NOFRAMES>

Color Syntax

Color information may consist of