HTML Tags List and Their Usage

Imran Hossen Hridoy

Dec 29, 2024

👉 All HTML Tags List:👇

👉 Tag Name and Description:

 — Used for writing comments in HTML.
<!DOCTYPE> — Defines the document type and informs the browser about the type of document.
<html>...</html> — Defines an HTML document.
<head>...</head> — Defines the head section of an HTML document.
<title>...</title> — Specifies the title of the document, which appears in the browser's title bar.
<body>...</body> — Defines the body section of an HTML document where visible content is displayed on the web page.
<b>...</b> — Used to make text bold.
<em>...</em> — Emphasizes text, typically displayed in italics.
<i>...</i> — Makes text italic.
<small>...</small> — Used to decrease the size of text.
<big>...</big> — Used to increase the size of text.
<blink>...</blink> — Makes text blink (Note: Not supported in modern browsers).
<blockquote>...</blockquote> — Used to define a block of text that is a quotation.
<strike>...</strike> — Adds a strikethrough to text.
<del>...</del> — Represents deleted text, often shown with a strikethrough.
<strong>...</strong> — Used to bold text, indicating importance.
<a>...</a> — An anchor tag used for creating links.
<img>...</img> — Used to embed images in a web page.
<abbr>...</abbr> — Used to define abbreviations or acronyms.
<samp>...</samp> — Used to display sample output, often in code form.
<code>...</code> — Defines a piece of computer code, typically displayed in a fixed-width font.
<form>...</form> — Used to create HTML forms for user input.
<h1>...</h1> to <h6>...</h6> — Header tags, where <h1> is the largest and most important, and <h6> is the smallest.
<table>...</table> — Used to create tables.
<div>...</div> — Defines a division or section in an HTML document, often used for layout purposes.
<row>...</row> — Defines a row in a table (Note: The <row> tag is not valid in HTML5; <tr> is used instead).
<col>...</col> — Defines a column in a table (Note: The <col> tag defines column properties, but <colgroup> is often used in modern HTML for grouping columns).
<tr>...</tr> — Defines a table row.
<td>...</td> — Defines a table data cell.
<th>...</th> — Defines a table header cell.
<hr/> — Creates a horizontal rule (line) across the page.
<input>...</input> — Used to create various types of input fields in forms.
<list>...</list> — Used to define a list (Note: Use <ul>, <ol>, or <dl> tags for lists instead).
<ol>...</ol> — Defines an ordered (numbered) list.
<ul>...</ul> — Defines an unordered (bulleted) list.
<u>...</u> — Underlines text.
<sub>...</sub> — Renders text as subscript (text below the normal line).
<sup>...</sup> — Renders text as superscript (text above the normal line).
<iframe>...</iframe> — Used to embed another webpage within the current webpage.
<p>...</p> — Defines a paragraph of text.
<style>...</style> — Used to define styles for a webpage using CSS.
<font>...</font> — Used to define the font size and color (Note: Deprecated in HTML5; use CSS instead).
<br/> — Inserts a line break in the text.
<marquee>...</marquee> — Used to create scrolling text (Note: Deprecated in HTML5).
<pre>...</pre> — Defines preformatted text, maintaining spaces and line breaks.

👉 Note: Don’t be discouraged if you don’t understand everything right away. You will gradually get the hang of these tags as you continue to explore HTML. For now, just take a look at these tags and understand what each one does. Insha'Allah, as you practice, the concepts will become clearer.

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