HTML - Cheat Sheet

This is a listing of all the HTML tags in the XHTML 1.0 Transitional specification. Not all attributes have been listed. For more information, visit www.w3.org.

Document Structure

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
body	background bgcolor text link vlink alink	image color color color color color
head
html	xmlns	http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml

Document Head

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
base	href target	link _blank, _self, _parent, _top
link	charset href type rel target	character data (ISO-8859-1, SHIFT_JIS, UTF-8) link charater data (text/css, text/javascript, video/quicktime) link types (StyleSheet, Alternate) _blank, _self, _parent, _top
meta	http-equiv name content scheme	character data character data character data character data
noscript
script	type src	character data (text/javascript, application/java) link
style	type title	StyleSheet text
title

Text Elements

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
abbr
acronym
address
b
bdo	dir	ltr or rtl
big
cite
code
del	cite datetime	link YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD
dfn
em
i
ins	cite datetime	link YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD
kdb
pre
q	cite	link (sample.html)
s
samp
small
span	class	style name
strike
strong
sub
sup
tt
u
var

Content Structure

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
blockquote	cite	link
br /
dd
div	class	style name
dl
dt
h1 - h6	align class	left, right, center, justify style name
hr /	align width noshade size	left, right, center number or percentage noshade number of pixels
li
ol	type start	1, A, a, i, I number
p	align class	left, right, center, justify style name
ul	type start	disc, circle, square number

Linking

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
a	id name href shape coords target	text text link rect, circle, poly "left, top, right, bottom" _blank, _parent, _bottom, _self

Imaging

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
area	alt shape coords href target	text description rect, circle, poly "left, top, right, bottom" link _top, _parent, _self, _bottom
img /	src alt id name height width usemap align border hspace vspace	link text description text text number of pixels number of pixels link top, middle, bottom, left, right number number of pixels number of pixels
map	id name	text text

Forms

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
button	name id value type	text text text button, submit, reset
fieldset
form	action method name id	link get, post text text
input	type name id value size maxlength	text, password, checkbox, radio, submit, reset, file, hidden, image, button text text text number number of characters
label	for	name/id of assoicated object
legend	align	top, bottom, left, right
optgroup	label	text
option	label value selected	text text selected
select	name id size	text text number
textarea	name id rows cols	text text number number

Frames

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
iframe	name id src frameborder marginwidth marginheight scrolling height width	text text link 1, 0 number of pixels number of pixels yes, no, auto number or percentage number or percentage
noframes

Tables

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
caption	align	top, bottom, left, right
col	span align valign	number left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline
colgroup	span align valign	number left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline
table	width border frame rules cellspacing cellpadding align bgcolor	number of pixels or percentage number of pixels void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border none, groups, rows, cols, all number number left, center, right color
tbody	align valign	left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline
td	abbr rowspan colspan align valign bgcolor width height	text number number left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline color number of pixels or percentage number of pixels or percentage
tfoot	align valign	left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline
th	abbr rowspan colspan align valign bgcolor width height	text number number left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline color number of pixels or percentage number of pixels or percentage
thead	align valign	left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline
tr	align valign bgcolor	left, center, right, justify, char top, middle, bottom, baseline color

Objects

Tag	Attribute(s)	Value(s)
applet	codebase archive code object alt name id width height align hspace vspace	link character data character data character data text text text number of pixels or percentage number of pixels or percentage top, middle, left, bottom, right number of pixels number of pixels
object	declare classid codebase data type codetype archive standby height width usemap name id align border hspace vspace	declare link link link character data character data character data text number of pixels or percentage number of pixels or percentage link text text top, middle, left, bottom, right number of pixels number of pixels number of pixels
param	id name value valuetype type	text text character data data, ref, object character data

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