HTML Tags Encyclopaedia S-Z by name Sample <SAMP> text </SAMP> Renders text in a fixed width font dependent on browser presets. Most browsers use the same font for the KBD, SAMP, TT and CODE tags. Script <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="language"> content </SCRIPT> Identifies script code. Can either be code to be executed at this point or later in the document. Normally only Javascript although Explorer versions 3 onward recognise VBScript. Usually functions are defined within these tags in the HEAD of the document so that they can be called from anywhere on the page. Small Text <SMALL> text </SMALL> Renders text in a smaller than nornal style. Strikethrough <STRIKE> text </STRIKE> Renders text with a horizontal line through it. Strong <STRONG> text </STRONG> Strongly emphasized text, most browsers will display it in boldface. Subscript <SUB> text </SUB> Renders text smaller and lower on the line than usual. Superscript <SUP> text </SUP> Renders text smaller and higher on the line than usual. Table <TABLE attributes> all-table-content </TABLE> A table consists of an optional caption (CAPTION) and one or more rows (TR.) BORDER - the table is drawn with a border. BORDER="number" - the table is drawn with a border a number ofpixels thick. ALIGN="alignment" - aligns all the cells in a table to either LEFT, RIIGHT or CENTER. CELLPADDING="number" - separates the cell borders and the text with a padding in pixels. CELLSPACING="number" - separates cells with a gutter in pixels. WIDTH="number" - as a number of pixels or a percentage (using %) of available screen width . HEIGHT="number" - as a number of pixels or a percentage (using %) of available screen height . BGCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the background colour for the entire table. BORDERCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the border colour for the entire table. BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#rrggbb" - sets the border highlight colour for the entire table. BORDERCOLORDARK="#rrggbb" - sets the border shadow colour for the entire table. VALIGN="align" - sets the vertical alignment (TOP or BOTTOM) for the entire table. CLEAR="clear" - LEFT, RIGHT, or ALL - specifies which margin should be clear. NOFLOW - stops text flow around the table. NOWRAP - prevents word wrap within table entries. UNITS="unit" - if the WIDTH attribute is used it specifies the units to be used this width. (en, relative or pixels). Table Body IE ONLY <TBODY> table body </TBODY> The TBODY tag is used to group together a number of rows within a table, for assigning ID or STYLE values. CLASS="type" - indicates the class that the element belongs too. ID="value" - specifies a unique value for the element over the docuement. STYLE="css" - attribute specifies the style information. Table Column IE ONLY <COL> content </COL> The <COL> tag sets the properties of one table column at a time. Not to be used with COLGROUP . SPAN="number" - sets the number of rows for the column to span. ALIGN="align" - sets the horizontal alignment of text in the column. (LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER ) Table Data <TD attributes> Valid only in a TR, the TD tag defines a table cell's contents. COLSPAN="number"the number of columns this cell occupies. ROWSPAN="number"the number of rows this cell occupies. NOWRAP - prevents word wrap within the cell. ALIGN="align" - aligns content to LEFT, RIGHT or CENTER. VALIGN="align" - aligns content to TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE. BGCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the background colour. BORDERCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the border colour. BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#rrggbb" - sets the border highlight colour. BORDERCOLORDARK="#rrggbb" - sets the border shadow colour. Table Column Group IE ONLY <COLGROUP> content </COLGROUP> The COLGROUP tag sets the properties of one or more table columns. ALIGN="align" -sets the horizontal alignment of text in the cells for the column group. (LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER ) VALIGN="align" - sets the vertical alignment for the column (TOP, MIDDLE and BOTTOM). HALIGN="align" -sets the horizontal alignment of text in the cells for the column group. (LEFT, RIGHT and CENTER ) WIDTH="width" - specifies the width of each column in the column group. SPAN="number - sets the number of consecutive columns for the group. Table Footer IE ONLY <TFOOT> Defines the table footer. The footer tag is used to group all footers. CLASS="type" - sets the class that the element belongs too. ID="value" - sets a unique value for the element over the document. STYLE="css" - specifies the style information Table Header <TH attributes> Valid only in a TR, the TH tag defines a header cell. COLSPAN="number"the number of columns this header occupies. ROWSPAN="number"the number of rows this header occupies. NOWRAP This attribute prevents word wrap within the cell. ALIGN="align" - sets the alignment of the text within the table cell.( LEFT, RIGHT or CENTER). VALIGN="align" - sets the alignment of the text within the table cell. (TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE.) BGCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the background colour. BORDERCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the border colour. BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#rrggbb" - sets the border highlight colour. BORDERCOLORDARK="#rrggbb" - sets the border shadow colour. Table Head IE ONLY <THEAD> THEAD tag defines the table heading and is used to group all TH tags together. ALIGN="align" - sets the alignment of text in the heading( LEFT, RIGHT or CENTER).. CLASS="type" - sets the class that the element belongs too. ID="value" - sets a unique value for the element over the document. STYLE="css" sets the style information VALIGN="align" - sets the alignment of the text (TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE.) Table Row <TR attributes> Valid only in a TABLE, the table row tag defines a row of cells that are set uot using TH and TD tags. ALIGN="align"- sets the alignment of the text within the table cell.( LEFT, RIGHT or CENTER) VALIGN="align"- sets the alignment of the text within the table cell.(TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, or BASELINE) BGCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the background colour. BORDERCOLOR="#rrggbb" - sets the border colour. BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#rrggbb" - sets the border highlight colour. BORDERCOLORDARK="#rrggbb" - sets the border shadow colour. Teletype <TT> text </TT> Renders text in a fixed width font dependent on browser presets. Most browsers use the same font for the KBD, SAMP, TT and CODE tags. Title <TITLE> title-text </TITLE> Only valid in a HEAD section, defines the title of an HTML document. Document titles are used in the browser title bar and in bookmark lists. Underlined <U> text </U> Renders text with a line underneath it. Unordered List <UL> list items </UL> Introduces an unordered (bulleted) list made up of List Item (LI) tags. SRC="URL" - specifies an image as the bullet for the item DINGBAT="entity" - specifies an iconic entity as the bullet for the item PLAIN - uses no bullets with list items. WRAP="type"- either VERT or HORIZ. VERT - data is to go down the page and then wrap to the next column. HORIZ - data is to wrap across each row. TYPE="type" - sets the way items are numbered CIRCLE, DISC orSQUARE. COMPACT - short terms can be displayed on the same line. Variable <VAR> text </VAR> Renders text often in italics depending on browser presets and should be used when representing a variable. White Space NETSCAPE ONLY <SPACER attributes> Creates an area of white space within the document. The attributes for this tag are: TYPE="type" - one of HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL or BLOCK. SIZE="pixels" - use when TYPE is HORIZONTAL or VERTICAL to specify the size of the spacer in pixels. WIDTH="width" - use when TYPE is BLOCK to specify the width of the spacer in pixels. HEIGHT="height" - use when TYPE is BLOCK to specify the height of the spacer in pixels. ALIGN="align" - use when spacer is a BLOCK- one of LEFT, RIGHT, TOP, TEXTTOP, MIDDLE, ABSMIDDLE, BASELINE, BOTTOM, or ABSBOTTOM. Word Break <WBR> Sets a place where a word or line can be broken within a NOBR block.

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