Use this reference page to identify
various HTML tags.
Body tag and attributes
<BODY>...</BODY> Contains the viewed portion
of the document
<BODY bgcolor="color"> Sets the color of the
background in hexadecimal
code
<BODY Sets an image as a page's
background="[Link]"> background (wallpaper)
<BODY text="color"> Specifies the color of normal
text in hexadecimal code
<BODY link="color"> Specifies the default color of
unvisited links in hexadecimal
code
<BODY alink="color"> Specifies the color of links on
click in hexadecimal code
<BODY vlink="color"> Specifies the color of
followed links in hexadecimal
code
Font tag and attributes
<FONT>...</FONT> Changes font attributes for
text within the tags
<FONT size="value">...</FONT> Sets the font to a size from 1
to 7, with 1 the smallest and 7
the largest
<FONT face="name">...</FONT> Sets the font face
<FONT color="color">...</FONT> Sets the font color using
hexadecimal code
Image tag and attributes
<IMG> Embeds an image in the
document at the location of
the tag
<IMG src="url" alt="text"> Adds an image with a text
description
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Aligns an image to the left,
align="direction"> right, center, bottom, or top
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Sets the size of the border
border="number"> around an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Sets the height of an image
height="pixels">
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Sets the width of an image
width="pixels">
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Sets a horizontal margin to be
hspace="pixels"> placed around an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Sets a vertical margin to be
vspace="pixels"> placed around an image
<IMG src="url" alt="text" Designates an image as a
usemap="map-name"> client-side image map
Anchor tag and attributes
<A>...</A> Designates the origin and
destination of a hyperlink
<A HREF="url">...</A> Creates a hyperlink
<A HREF="#NAME">...</A> Links to a target location in
the current page
<A HREF="URL#NAME">...</A> Links to a target location in a
page outside your site
<A NAME="NAME">...</A> Sets a target location within a
document
<A HREF="[Link] Creates a mailto link
Optional attributes:
<A HREF="?" target="?">...</A> Specifies where the linked-to
document is to be placed
<A HREF="?" rel="?">...</A> Sets up a relationship between
the linked-to document and
the current page
<A HREF="?" rev="?">...</A> Sets up a reverse relationship
between the current page and
the linked-to document
Table tags and attributes
<TABLE>...</TABLE> Generates a table
<TABLE border="pixels"> Sets the size of cell borders
<TABLE cellspacing="pixels"> Sets the amount of space
between cells
<TABLE cellpadding="pixels"> Sets the amount of space
between a border and cell
content
<TABLE height="pixels" or "%"> Sets the height of a table
<TABLE width="pixels" or "%"> Sets the width of a table
<TD>...</TD> Defines a table data cell
<TD colspan="columns"> Sets a cell to span columns
<TD rowspan="rows"> Sets a cell to span rows
<TD nowrap> Prevents the lines within a cell
from wrapping
<TH>...</TH> Defines a table header with
bold, centered table data
<TR>...</TR> Defines a table row
<TR align="?"> or <TD Aligns the contents of a row
align="?"> or cell to the left, right, or
center
<TR valign="?"> or <TD Sets the vertical alignment of
valign="?"> a row or cell to the top,
middle, or bottom
Frame tags and attributes
<FRAMESET>...</FRAMESET> Specifies the layout of
subsections in the main
browser window
<FRAMESET rows="value,value"> Defines the rows within a
frameset
<FRAMESET cols="value,value"> Defines the columns within a
frameset
<NOFRAMES>...</NOFRAMES> Provides alternate content for
browsers that do not support
frames
<FRAME src="?"> Defines the appearance and
content of a single frame
<FRAME name="name"> Labels the frame for targeting
by other frames
<FRAME marginwidth="#"> Sets the margin width of a
frame
<FRAME marginheight="#"> Sets the margin height of a
frame
<FRAME scrolling="value"> Creates a frame scrollbar
<FRAME noresize> Prevents the resizing of a
frame
Form tags and attributes
<FORM>...</FORM> Generates a container for all
form elements
<FORM action="url"> Designates the path of the
script to process input from
the form
<FORM method="get|post"> Instructs the browser how to
interact with the form URL
<FORM accept="media type"> Defines which MIME types
are supported by the server
processing the form
<FORM accept-charset="text"> Defines which character sets
are supported by the server
processing the form
<FORM enctype="media type"> Defines the format of the
submitted data
<OPTION> Defines each menu item
<SELECT Generates a pull-down menu
name="NAME">...</SELECT>
<INPUT type="checkbox"> Generates a check box
<INPUT type="hidden"> Conceals a field from view
<INPUT type="image"> Generates an image that acts
like a Submit button
<INPUT type="password"> Generates a one-line password
box
<INPUT type="radio"> Generates a radio button
<INPUT type="text"> Generates a one-line text box
<INPUT type="submit"> Generates a Submit button
(send form)
<INPUT type="reset"> Generates a Reset button
(clear form)
