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The tutorials found herein have been written for clarification of existing W3C HTML 5 and HTML 4.01 (and, by extension, xHTML 1.0 as text/html) specifications through the use of real-world examples.

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Attributes Navigation

Some section names have been taken from HTML 5; some remain HTML 4.01. Text-Level Elements in HTML 4.01 - have become Text-Level Semantics in HTML 5 but some were reclassified as Grouping or Phrasing Content; List elements are Grouping Content but shown here as “Lists”.

Head Elements

  • Head
  • Metadata
  • Meta-Charset
  • Title (Head) Element
  • Link
  • Style
  • Script
  • Noscript
  • Base
  • Basefont

Section Elements

  • Body
  • Address
  • Article
  • Aside
  • Footer
  • Header
  • Heading
  • Heading Group
  • Nav
  • Section

Grouping Elements

  • Div
  • Paragraph
  • Blockquote
  • Center
  • Figure
  • Figure Caption
  • Horizontal Rule
  • Line Break
  • Preformatted
  • Frameset
  • Frame
  • No Frames

List Elements

  • Ordered
  • Unordered
  • List Item
  • Definition
  • Definition Term
  • Definition Description
  • Directory
  • Menu

Embedded Content

  • Area
  • Audio
  • Canvas
  • Embed
  • Inline Frame
  • Image
  • Map
  • Object
  • Parameter
  • Source
  • Video

Text-Level Elements

  • Abbreviation
  • Acronym
  • Anchor
  • Applet
  • BiDi Over-ride
  • Big
  • Bold
  • Cite
  • Code
  • Defining
  • Deleted
  • Emphasis
  • Font
  • Inserted
  • Italic
  • Keyboard
  • Mark
  • Quote
  • Ruby
  • Ruby Parentheses
  • Ruby Text
  • S Element
  • Sample
  • Small
  • Span
  • Strike
  • Strong
  • Subscript
  • Superscript
  • Teletype
  • Time
  • Underline
  • Variable
  • Word Break

Form Elements

  • Form
  • Button
  • Datalist
  • Fieldset
  • Input
  • Isindex
  • Key Generator
  • Label
  • Legend
  • Option
  • Option Group
  • Select
  • Text Area

Table Elements

  • Table
  • Caption
  • Table Body
  • Table Header
  • Header Cell
  • Table Footer
  • Row
  • Data Cell
  • Column Group
  • Column

Attributes (Common)

  • Access Key
  • ALink
  • Align
  • Alt Text
  • Archive
  • Async
  • Autoplay
  • Background
  • Background Color
  • Border
  • Character Set
  • Cite
  • ClassID
  • Clear
  • Code
  • Code Type
  • Codebase
  • Color
  • Columns
  • Compact
  • Content
  • Contenteditable
  • Contextmenu
  • Controls
  • Coordinates
  • Data
  • Datetime
  • Declare
  • Defer
  • Draggable
  • Face
  • Frame Border
  • Height
  • Hidden
  • HSpace
  • Href
  • Href Language
  • HTTP-Equiv
  • Ismap
  • Language Code
  • Language Type
  • Link
  • Longdesc
  • Loop
  • Margin Height
  • Margin Width
  • Media
  • Name
  • NoHref
  • Noresize
  • Noshade
  • Object
  • Ping
  • Poster
  • Preload
  • Profile
  • Pubdate
  • Rel
  • Rev
  • Reversed
  • Rows
  • Sandbox
  • Scheme
  • Scoped
  • Scrolling
  • Seamless
  • Shape
  • Size
  • Sizes
  • Source
  • Srcdoc
  • Spellcheck
  • Standby
  • Start
  • Style
  • Tabindex
  • Target
  • Text
  • Text Direction
  • Title
  • Type
  • URN
  • Usemap
  • Value
  • Valuetype
  • Version
  • VSpace
  • VLink
  • Width

Attributes (Form)

  • Accept
  • Accept Charset
  • Action
  • Autocomplete
  • Autofocus
  • Challenge
  • Checked
  • Columns
  • Disabled
  • Enctype
  • For
  • Form
  • Formaction
  • Formenctype
  • Formmethod
  • Formnovalidate
  • Formtarget
  • High
  • Keytype
  • Label
  • List
  • Low
  • Max
  • Maxlength
  • Method
  • Min
  • Multiple
  • Novalidate
  • Optimum
  • Pattern
  • Placeholder
  • Prompt
  • Read Only
  • Required
  • Selected

Keyboard Element Tutorial

<kbd>

Introductory Text

The kbd element represents user input.

Start tag:
<kbd>
End tag:
</kbd>

Use Examples

Example [Basic (HTML 5)]:

Press Shift+F3

Code [HTML]:

<p>Press <kbd><kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>F3</kbd></kbd></p>

Content Model/Assigned Attributes

Element-Type:
Text-Level [HTML 4.01]
Phrasing Content [HTML 5]
Attributes:
  • id
  • class
  • title
  • style
  • lang
  • dir
  • accesskey
  • contenteditable
  • contextmenu
  • draggable
  • hidden
  • spellcheck
  • tabindex

</kbd>

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