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Overview of all HTML elements

As explained in the section on structure of Wilbur documents, an HTML document consists of two major sections: HEAD and BODY. Each has its own permitted elements and requirements.

The elements themselves can also have requirements about where they may occur, and which elements may occur inside them. This is only important in the BODY section of a document. In here, elements can be grouped in two distinct groups: block level and text level elements. The former make up the document's structure, and the latter "dress up" the contents of a block. This terminology is explained in more detail in the HTML Basics section.

The HTML comment is a special case.

Elements for the HEAD section

The HEAD section of a document may only contain the following elements. If any other elements, or plain text, occurs inside the HEAD section, the browser should assume the HEAD ends here, and start rendering the BODY. See the syntax rules for an explanation of the syntax used in the overview.

Elements for the BODY section

Block-level elements

The BODY of a document consists of multiple block elements. If plain text is found inside the body, it is assumed to be inside a paragraph P. See the syntax rules for an explanation of the syntax used in the overview.

Headings
  • H1 - Level 1 header
  • H2 - Level 2 header
  • H3 - Level 3 header
  • H4 - Level 4 header
  • H5 - Level 5 header
  • H6 - Level 6 header
Lists
  • UL - Unordered list
  • OL - Ordered list
  • DIR - Directory list
  • MENU - Menu item list
  • LI - List item
  • DL - Definition list
    • DT - Definition term
    • DD- Definition
Text containers Others
  • DIV - Logical division
  • CENTER - Centered division
  • FORM - Input form
  • HR - Horizontal rule
  • TABLE - Tables

Text-level elements

These elements are used to mark up text inside block level elements. Some block level elements exclude certain text level elements, and some text level elements may only appear inside specific block level elements. This is documented in the section on that block level element.

See the syntax rules for an explanation of the syntax used in the overview.

Logical markup
  • EM - Emphasized text
  • STRONG - Strongly emphasized
  • DFN - Definition of a term
  • CODE - Code fragment
  • SAMP - Sample text
  • KBD - Keyboard input
  • VAR - Variable
  • CITE - Short citation
Physical markup
  • TT - Teletype
  • I - Italics
  • B - Bold
  • U - Underline
  • STRIKE - Strikeout
  • BIG - Larger text
  • SMALL - Smaller text
  • SUB - Subscript
  • SUP - Superscript
Special markup
  • A - Anchor
  • BASEFONT - Default font size
  • IMG - Image
  • APPLET - Java applet
    • PARAM - Parameters for Java applet
  • FONT - Font modification
  • BR - Line break
  • MAP - Client-side imagemap
    • AREA - Hotzone in imagemap
Forms
Tables
  • CAPTION - Table caption
  • TR - Table row
  • TH - Header cell
  • TD - Table cell

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