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