Example A description list, with terms and descriptions: <dl> <dt>Coffee</dt> <dd>Black hot drink</dd> <dt>Milk</dt> <dd>White cold drink</dd> </dl> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <dt> tag defines a term/name in a description list. The <dt> tag is used in conjunction with <dl> (defines a description list) and <dd> (describes each term/name). Browser Support Element <dt> Yes Yes […]
Example An <input> element with pre-defined values in a <datalist>: <input list=”browsers”> <datalist id=”browsers”> <option value=”Internet Explorer”> <option value=”Firefox”> <option value=”Chrome”> <option value=”Opera”> <option value=”Safari”> </datalist> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <datalist> tag specifies a list of pre-defined options for an <input> element. The <datalist> tag is used to provide an “autocomplete” feature on <input> elements. Users will see […]
Example The following example displays product names but also associates each name with a product number: <ul> <li><data value=”21053″>Cherry Tomato</data></li> <li><data value=”21054″>Beef Tomato</data></li> <li><data value=”21055″>Snack Tomato</data></li> </ul> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <data> tag links the given content with a machine-readable translation. This element provides both a machine-readable value for data processors, and a human-readable […]
Example How to define a time and a date: <p>We open at <time>10:00</time> every morning.</p> <p>I have a date on <time datetime=”2008-02-14 20:00″>Valentines day</time>.</p> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <time> tag defines a human-readable date/time. This element can also be used to encode dates and times in a machine-readable way so that user agents can offer […]
Example An HTML table with different vertical-aligned columns: <table style=”height:200px”> <colgroup valign=”top”> <colgroup valign=”bottom”> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The valign attribute specifies the vertical alignment of the content in a column group. Browser Support Attribute valign Not supported Yes Not supported Not supported Not supported The […]
Example In the example below, the content of the second column is aligned two characters to the right from the “.” character: <table style=”width:100%”> <colgroup align=”left”></colgroup> <colgroup align=”char” char=”.” charoff=”2″></colgroup> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$10.00</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <colgroup> charoff attribute is not supported in HTML5. The […]
Example Set the background color of the three columns with the <colgroup> and <col> tags: <table> <colgroup> <col span=”2″ style=”background-color:red”> <col style=”background-color:yellow”> </colgroup> <tr> <th>ISBN</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td>3476896</td> <td>My first HTML</td> <td>$53</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <col> tag specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element. The <col> tag is […]
Example In the example below, the content of the second column should be aligned to the “.” character: <table style=”width:100%”> <col align=”left”> <col align=”char” char=”.”> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$10.00</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <col> char attribute is not supported in HTML5. The char attribute specifies the […]
Example Set the background color of the three columns with the <colgroup> and <col> tags: <table> <colgroup> <col span=”2″ style=”background-color:red”> <col style=”background-color:yellow”> </colgroup> <tr> <th>ISBN</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Price</th> </tr> <tr> <td>3476896</td> <td>My first HTML</td> <td>$53</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <colgroup> tag specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for […]
Example Format text in a document: <kbd>Keyboard input</kbd> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <kbd> tag is a phrase tag. It defines keyboard input. Tip: This tag is not deprecated, but it is possible to achieve richer effect with CSS. All phrase tags: Tag Description <em> Renders as emphasized text <strong> Defines important text […]
Example Format text in a document: <samp>Sample output from a computer program</samp> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <samp> tag is a phrase tag. It defines sample output from a computer program. Tip: This tag is not deprecated, but it is possible to achieve richer effect with CSS. All phrase tags: Tag Description <em> […]
Not Supported in HTML5. Example Center-align text in an HTML page: <center>This text will be center-aligned.</center> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <center> tag is not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. The <center> tag is used to center-align text. Browser Support Element <center> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Differences Between HTML 4.01 […]
Example A table with a caption: <table> <caption>Monthly savings</caption> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <caption> tag defines a table caption. The <caption> tag must be inserted immediately after the <table> tag. Note: You can specify only one caption per table. Tip: By default, a table […]
Example A form with two submit buttons. The first submit button submits the form data with default target (“_self”), and the second submits the form data to a new window (target=”_blank”): <form action=”/action_page.php” method=”get”> First name: <input type=”text” name=”fname”><br> Last name: <input type=”text” name=”lname”><br> <button type=”submit” >Submit</button> <button type=”submit” formtarget=”_blank”>Submit to a new window</button> </form> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The formtarget attribute specifies where […]
Example A clickable button is marked up as follows: <button type=”button”>Click Me!</button> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <button> tag defines a clickable button. Inside a <button> element you can put content, like text or images. This is the difference between this element and buttons created with the <input> element. Tip: Always specify the type […]
Example A line break is marked up as follows: This text contains<br>a line break. Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <br> tag inserts a single line break. The <br> tag is an empty tag which means that it has no end tag. Browser Support Element <br> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Tips and […]
Example Set the visited link color to “red” in an HTML document: <html> <body vlink=”red”> <p><a href=”https://www.w3schools.com”>W3Schools.com</a></p> <p><a href=”https://www.w3schools.com/html/”>HTML Tutorial</a></p> </body> </html> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The vlink attribute specifies the color of visited links in a document. Browser Support Attribute vlink Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Compatibility Notes The <body> vlink attribute is not […]
Example Mark up a short quotation: <p>WWF’s goal is to: <q>Build a future where people live in harmony with nature.</q> We hope they succeed.</p> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <q> tag defines a short quotation. Browsers normally insert quotation marks around the quotation. Browser Support Element <q> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes […]
Not Supported in HTML5. Example Specify a default text-color and font-size for text on page: <head> <basefont color=”red” size=”5″> </head><body> <h1>This is a heading</h1> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> </body> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The <basefont> tag is not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead. The <basefont> tag specifies a default text-color, font-size, or font-family […]
Example Specify a default font-color for text on page: <head> <basefont color=”red”> </head> <body> <h1>This is a heading</h1> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> </body> Try it Yourself » Definition and Usage The color attribute specifies the default font color for the text in a document. Browser Support Attribute color Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported […]
