Brugbarts HTML Reference is based on the latest standards and best practices, but it is not guaranteed that information will be 100% in sync with the WHATWG standard. If you got relevant updates, please help improve the reference by posting your comments.

You can use this reference in combination with the HTML and CSS Tutorial.

We are aware that some elements might be missing from the list. They will, most likely, all be added by admins sooner or later.

Using the reference

You can click individual Elements to view additional information about them, as well as its useful example, including start/end tags, and allowed attributes.

Each element should also have a link to the Live Editor, but the Live Webdesign Editor is not yet fully operational, as of 20-07-2012.

HTML Element Reference

Comments in HTML.	How to Write comments in HTML
The doctype Declaration	The Importance of the Doctype.
html Element	The first Element in HTML
head Element	The head section.
style Element	Applies styling in the Document.
meta tags Element	Used for meta Data.
link Element	Links to a resource, I.E External StyleSheets.
title Element	Document title, this is what shows in search engines.
body Element	The body section.
section Element	Creates a section level in a page
nav Element	Used for main site-navigation links
header Element	Used to markup Header content on a page or in a Section of a page.
footer Element	Used to markup footer content on a page or in a Section of a page.
article Element	Generally marks the Main Content of a page.
div Element	Used for layout, and to create divisions in pages.
span Element	Used for layout purposes, creates a section in the document.
h1 to h6 Elements	Headlines, used for article titles, subtitles, etc.
p Element	Paragraph, used for text.
br Element	Used to "force" a linebreak.
a Element	Anchor (AKA Link).
ol Element	Creates an ordered list, recommended for links.
ul Element	Creates an unordered list, recommended for links.
li Element	Used together with OL's and UL's, creates a list item.
strong Element	Strongly Emphasized text.
em Element	Emphasized text.
b Element	Makes text bold.
u Element	Deprecated, was used to underline text.
i Element	Makes text Italic.
form Element	Forms are used to submit data.
input Element	Used together with forms, creates a input field.
label Element	Creates a label for a given form control.
textarea Element	Creates a text area.
button Element	Creates a push button.
frameset Element	Creates a set of frames, used to organize multiple frames.
frame Element	Used to embed a page, inside another, in a "frame".
noframes Element	Used together with frames, for browsers unable to render frames.
iframe Element	Used to embed a page, inside another, in a inline "frame".
blockquote Element	Used for long quotations.
q Element	Used for short quotation.
hr Element	Creates a horizontal rule.
img Element	Used to insert images and image maps.
object Element	Used to embed an object, I.E. Flash.
param Element	Used together with object, to create a parameter.
pre Element	Used for preformatted text, useful for code examples etc.
code Element	Used for code examples, most authors are using pre instead.
samp Element	Used for Sample Code, most authors are using pre instead.
script Element	Used for scripts, I.E. Javascript.
Noscript Element	used together with script, for browsers who doesn't support scripts.
table Element	Creates a table, outdated for layout, use div's instead.
tr Element	Used together with table, to create a table row.
td Element	Used inside table rows, to create table cells.
col Element	Used together with table and colgroup, it only contains attributes.
colgroup Element	Used together with tables, to group table columns.
thead Element	Used together with table, to create a table header.
tbody Element	Used together with table, to create a table body.
tfoot Element	Used together with table, to create a table footer.
address Element	Used to enter contact information for a section, or a document.
map Element	Creates an image map.
area Element	Used to define an area in an image map.
base Element	Defines a "base URL", maybe old servers was unable to work with relative paths?
bdo Element	The direction of text.
big Element	Used to display "bigger" text.
small Element	Used to display "smaller" text.
select Element	Creates a drop-down list.
option Element	Used togetter with select, to create an option in a drop-down list.
optgroup Element	Used together with selects, to group options.
cite Element	Used for citations.
del Element	Strike-through text, to make it appear "deleted".
ins Element	inserted text.
kbd Element	keyboard text.
th Element	Creates a table header.
field set Element	Used to draw a box around containing elements.
legend Element	Creates a title in a field set.
dl Element	Creates a definition list.
dd Element	Used together with dl, to Create a definition description.
dfn Element	Creates a definition term.
dt Element	Creates a definition term.
sup Element	Superscripted text.
sub Element	Subscripted text.
tt Element	Teletype text.
abbr Element	Abbreviation. Used to markup a shortened Word or Phrase.
acronym Element	Acronym. Used to markup a shortened word or phrase, which creates a new Pronounceable Word.
var Element	Declares a variable.
details Element	Used to keep details about file transfers etc. En example of this would be for file uploads. The details can be shown if the user requests it, and can be used for additional information or controls.