The complete list of XHTML 1.0 Strict tags
The complete list of XHTML 1.0 Strict tags ordered by function.
Basic Tags
| <!--...--> |
a comment |
| <!DOCTYPE> |
the document type | REQUIRED |
| <a> |
an anchor link | Recommended attributes: title |
| <base /> |
a base URL for all the links in a page | Required attributes: href |
| <body> |
the body element | REQUIRED |
| <head> |
information about the document | REQUIRED |
| <html> |
an html document | Recommended attributes: xml:lang | REQUIRED |
| <link> |
a resource reference |
| <meta> |
meta information | Required attributes: content |
| <title> |
the document title | REQUIRED |
Images
| <area /> |
an area inside an image map | Required attributes: alt, id |
| <img /> |
an image | Recommended attributes: width, height | Required attributes: src, alt |
| <map> |
an image map | Required attributes: id |
Forms
| <button> |
a push button |
| <fieldset> |
a fieldset (used to group form fields) |
| <form> |
a form | Required attributes: action |
| <input /> |
an input field |
| <ins> |
inserted text |
| <label> |
a label for a form control | Recommended attributes: for |
| <legend> |
a title in a fieldset |
| <optgroup> |
an option group | Required attributes: label |
| <option> |
an option in a drop-down list |
| <select> |
a selectable list |
| <textarea> |
a text area | Required attributes: rows, cols |
Lists
| <dd> |
a definition description |
| <dl> |
a definition list |
| <dt> |
a definition term |
| <li> |
a list item |
| <ol> |
an ordered list |
| <ul> |
an unordered list |
Programming
| <object> |
an embedded object |
| <noscript> |
a noscript section | Recommendation: always use for JavaScript, as many users browse without JavaScript |
| <param> |
a parameter for an object |
| <script> |
a script | Required attributes: type |
| <style> |
a style definition | Required attributes: type |
Tables
| <caption> |
a table caption |
| <col> |
attributes for table columns |
| <colgroup> |
groups of table columns |
| <table> |
a table |
| <tbody> |
a table body |
| <td> |
a table cell |
| <tfoot> |
a table footer |
| <th> |
a table header |
| <thead> |
a table header |
| <tr> |
a table row |
Text
| <abbr> |
an abbreviation | Recommended attributes: title |
| <acronym> |
an acronym | Recommended attributes: title |
| <address> |
an address |
| <b> |
bold text | Recommendation: use strong instead |
| <bdo> |
the direction of text display | Required attributes: dir |
| <big> |
big text |
| <blockquote> |
a long quotation |
| <cite> |
a citation |
| <code> |
computer code text |
| <del> |
deleted text |
| <dfn> |
a definition term |
| <em> |
emphasized text |
| <h1> to <h6> |
header 1 to header 6 |
| <i> |
italic text | Recommendation: use em instead |
| <kbd> |
keyboard text |
| <pre> |
preformatted text |
| <q> |
a short quotation |
| <samp> |
sample computer code |
| <small> |
small text |
| <strong> |
strong text |
| <sub> |
subscripted text |
| <sup> |
superscripted text |
| <tt> |
teletype text |
| <var> |
a variable |
Structure
| <br /> |
a single line break |
| <div> |
a section in a document |
| <hr /> |
a horizontal rule |
| <p> |
a paragraph |
| <span> |
a section in a document |
