Definition
An HTML element is an individual component of an HTML document. It represents semantics, or meaning. For example, the title element represents the title of the document. Most HTML elements are written with a start tag (or opening tag) and an end tag (or closing tag), with content in between. Elements can also contain attributes that defines its additional properties.
List
There are about 100 elements in HTML. In this list we are going to see them by their names.- a : hyperlink
- abbr : abbreviation
- address : contact information
- area : image-map hyperlink
- article : article
- aside : tangential content
- audio : audio stream
- b : offset text conventionally styled in bold
- base : base URL
- bdi : BiDi isolate
- bdo : BiDi override
- blockquote : block quotation
- body : document body
- br : line break
- button : button
- canvas : canvas for dynamic graphics
- caption : table title
- cite : cited title of a work
- code : code fragment
- col : table column
- colgroup : table column group
- command : command
- datalist : predefined options for other controls
- dd : description or value
- del : deleted text
- details : control for additional on-demand information
- dfn : defining instance
- div : generic flow container
- dl : description list
- dt : term or name
- em : emphatic stress
- embed : integration point for plugins
- fieldset : set of related form controls
- figcaption : figure caption
- figure : figure with optional caption
- footer : footer
- form : user-submittable form
- h1 : heading
- h2 : heading
- h3 : heading
- h4 : heading
- h5 : heading
- h6 : heading
- head : document metadata container
- header : header
- hgroup : heading group
- hr : thematic break
- html : root element
- i : offset text conventionally styled in italic
- iframe : nested browsing context (inline frame)
- img : image
- input : input control
- ins : inserted text
- kbd : user input
- keygen : key-pair generator/input control
- label : caption for a form control
- legend : title or explanatory caption
- li : list item
- link : inter-document relationship metadata
- map : image-map definition
- mark : marked (highlighted) text
- menu : list of commands
- meta : metadata
- meter : scalar gauge
- nav : group of navigational links
- noscript : fallback content for script
- object : generic external content
- ol : ordered list
- optgroup : group of options
- option : option
- output : result of a calculation in a form
- p : paragraph
- param : initialization parameters for plugins
- pre : preformatted text
- progress : progress indicator
- q : quoted text
- rp : ruby parenthesis
- rt : ruby text
- ruby : ruby annotation
- s : struck text
- samp : (sample) output
- script : embedded script
- section : section
- select : option-selection form control
- small : small print
- source : media source
- span : generic span
- strong : strong importance
- style : style (presentation) information
- sub : subscript
- summary : summary, caption, or legend for a details control
- sup : superscript
- table : table
- tbody : table row group
- td : table cell
- textarea : text input area
- tfoot : table footer row group
- th : table header cell
- thead : table heading group
- time : date and/or time
- title : document title
- tr : table row
- track : supplementary media track
- u : offset text conventionally styled with an underline
- ul : unordered list
- var : variable or placeholder text
- video : video
- wbr : line-break opportunity