HTML Element Reference

The element entries that follow generally include the following information:

• Brief summary Brief summary of the element's purpose
• Standard syntax HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.0 syntax for the element, including attributes and event handlers defined by the W3C specification
• Attributes defined by browser Additional syntax defined by different browsers
• Standard events Descriptions of event handler attributes for the element
• Events defined by browser Additional event attributes introduced primarily by Internet Explorer
• Examples Examples using the element
• Compatibility The element's general compatibility with HTMLand XHTMLspecifications and browser versions
• Notes Additional information about the element

All attributes not defined in a particular listing are common attributes that can be found at the start of the appendix.

NOTE Listings of attributes and events defined by browser versions assume that these attributes and events generally remain associated with later versions of that browser. For example, attributes defined by Internet Explorer 4 are valid for Internet Explorer 5 and higher, and attributes defined for Netscape 4 remain valid for Netscape 4.5 and higher, up to Netscape 4.8x. Compatibility pre-Opera 4 is not specified.

a abbr acronym address applet area b base basefont bdo bgsound big blink blockquote body br button caption center cite code col colgroup comment comments dd del dfn dir div dl DOCTYPE dt em embed fieldset

font form frame frameset h1 head hr html i iframe ilayer img input ins isindex kbd label layer legend li link listing map marquee menu meta multicol nobr noembed noframes noscript object ol optgroup option p

param plaintext pre q rt ruby s samp script select small spacer span strike strong style sub sup table tbody td textarea tfoot th thead title tr tt u ul var wbr xml xmp