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HTML4+ and HTML5 tags

16 May 2010 No Comment

Below are the new tags for HTML4+ and HTML5

Tag Description HTML4 HTML5
<comment> Defines a comment 4 5
<DOCTYPE> Defines the document type 4 5
<a> Defines a hyperlink 4 5
<abbr> Defines an abbreviation 4 5
<acronym> Not supported. Defines an acronym 4
<address> Defines an address element 4 5
<applet> Not supported. Defines an applet 4
<area> Defines an area inside an image map 4 5
<article> Defines an article 5
<aside> Defines content aside from the page content 5
<audio> Defines sound content 5
<b> Defines bold text 4 5
<base> Defines a base URL for all the links in a page 4 5
<basefont> Not supported. Use CSS instead 4
<bdo> Defines the direction of text display 4 5
<big> Not supported. Defines big text 4
<blockquote> Defines a long quotation 4 5
<body> Defines the body element 4 5
<br> Inserts a single line break 4 5
<button> Defines a push button 4 5
<canvas> Defines graphics 5
<caption> Defines a table caption 4 5
<center> Not supported. Defines centered text 4
<cite> Defines a citation 4 5
<code> Defines computer code text 4 5
<col> Defines attributes for table columns 4 5
<colgroup> Defines groups of table columns 4 5
<command> Defines a command button 5
<datagrid> Defines data in a tree-list 5
<datalist> Defines a dropdown list 5
<datatemplate> Defines a data template 5
<dd> Defines a definition description 4 5
<del> Defines deleted text 4 5
<details> Defines details of an element 5
<dialog> Defines a dialog (conversation) 5
<dir> Not supported. Defines a directory list 4
<div> Defines a section in a document 4 5
<dfn> Defines a definition term 4 5
<dl> Defines a definition list 4 5
<dt> Defines a definition term 4 5
<em> Defines emphasized text 4 5
<embed> Defines external interactive content or plugin 5
<eventsource> Defines a target for events sent by a server 5
<fieldset> Defines a fieldset 4 5
<figure> Defines a group of media content, and their caption 5
<font> Deprecated. Defines text font, size, and color 4
<footer> Defines a footer for a section or page 5
<form> Defines a form 4 5
<frame> Not supported. Defines a sub window (a frame) 4
<frameset> Not supported. Defines a set of frames 4
<h1> to <h6> Defines header 1 to header 6 4 5
<head> Defines information about the document 4 5
<header> Defines a header for a section or page 5
<hr> Defines a horizontal rule 4 5
<html> Defines an html document 4 5
<i> Defines italic text 4 5
<iframe> Defines an inline sub window (frame) 4 5
<img> Defines an image 4 5
<input> Defines an input field 4 5
<ins> Defines inserted text 4 5
<isindex> Not supported. Defines a single-line
input field
4
<kbd> Defines keyboard text 4 5
<label> Defines a label for a form control 4 5
<legend> Defines a title in a fieldset 4 5
<li> Defines a list item 4 5
<link> Defines a resource reference 4 5
<mark> Defines marked text 5
<map> Defines an image map 4 5
<menu> Defines a menu list 4 5
<meta> Defines meta information 4 5
<meter> Defines measurement within a predefined range 5
<nav> Defines navigation links 5
<nest> Defines a nestingpoint in a datatemplate 5
<noframes> Not supported. Defines a noframe section 4
<noscript> Defines a noscript section 4 5
<object> Defines an embedded object 4 5
<ol> Defines an ordered list 4 5
<optgroup> Defines an option group 4 5
<option> Defines an option in a drop-down list 4 5
<output> Defines some types of output 5
<p> Defines a paragraph 4 5
<param> Defines a parameter for an object 4 5
<pre> Defines preformatted text 4 5
<progress> Defines progress of a task of any kind 5
<q> Defines a short quotation 4 5
<rule> Defines the rules for updating a template 5
<s> Not supported. Defines strikethrough text 4
<samp> Defines sample computer code 4 5
<script> Defines a script 4 5
<section> Defines a section 5
<select> Defines a selectable list 4 5
<small> Defines small text 4 5
<source> Defines media resources 5
<span> Defines a section in a document 4 5
<strike> Not supported. Defines strikethrough text 4
<strong> Defines strong text 4 5
<style> Defines a style definition 4 5
<sub> Defines subscripted text 4 5
<sup> Defines superscripted text 4 5
<table> Defines a table 4 5
<tbody> Defines a table body 4 5
<td> Defines a table cell 4 5
<textarea> Defines a text area 4 5
<tfoot> Defines a table footer 4 5
<th> Defines a table header 4 5
<thead> Defines a table header 4 5
<time> Defines a date/time 5
<title> Defines the document title 4 5
<tr> Defines a table row 4 5
<tt> Not supported. Defines teletype text 4
<u> Not supported. Defines underlined text 4
<ul> Defines an unordered list 4 5
<var> Defines a variable 4 5
<video> Defines a video 5
<xmp> Not supported. Defines preformatted text 4

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