Linear Index of HTML Elements

Return to Techniques Document HTML 4.0 Element Index.

Element name: A
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.6 Links, 4.7.2 Invisible d-links, 4.7.5 Client-side image maps
Element name: ABBR
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations, 4.7.3 Ascii art
Element name: ACRONYM
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations
Element name: ADDRESS
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Metadata
Techniques: 4.1.1 Metadata
Element name: APPLET*
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Replaced
Techniques: 4.8 Applets and other programmatic objects, 4.8.1 Text equivalents for applets and programmatic objects, 4.8.2 Directly accessible applets
Element name: AREA
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.7.5 Client-side image maps
Element name: B
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 4.3.1 Emphasis
Element name: BASE
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Processing
Techniques: N/A
Element name: BASEFONT*
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 5.2 Fonts
Element name: BDO
Defined in: N/A
Role: Processing
Techniques: N/A
Element name: BIG
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 5.2 Fonts
Element name: BLOCKQUOTE
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 3.1 Structure vs. Presentation, 4.3.3 Quotations, 5.4 Text formatting
Element name: BODY
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: BR
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: BUTTON
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11.6 Graphical buttons, 4.11.8 Backward compatibility issues for forms
Element name: CAPTION
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: CENTER*
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 5.6 Layout, positioning, layering, and alignment
Element name: CITE
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: CODE
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: COL
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: COLGROUP
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: DD
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.4.1 Use style sheets to change list bullets
Element name: DEL
Defined in: N/A
Role: Metadata
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: DFN
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: DIR*
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: DIV
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.6.1 Grouping and bypassing links
Element name: DL
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.4 Lists, 4.4.1 Use style sheets to change list bullets
Element name: DT
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.4.1 Use style sheets to change list bullets
Element name: EM
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.1 Emphasis
Element name: FIELDSET
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.11.2 Group form controls
Element name: FONT*
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 5.2 Fonts
Element name: FORM
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11 Forms
Element name: FRAME
Defined in: N/A
Role: Replaced
Techniques: 4.6.1 Grouping and bypassing links, 4.10 Frames
Element name: FRAMESET
Defined in: N/A
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 4.10 Frames, 4.10.2 Text equivalents for frames
Element name: H1
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 3.1 Structure vs. Presentation, 4.1.2 Section headers, 4.1.4 Structural grouping
Element name: HEAD
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: HR
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 3.1 Structure vs. Presentation, 4.1.2 Section headers
Element name: HTML
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: I
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 4.3.1 Emphasis
Element name: IFRAME
Defined in: N/A
Role: Replaced
Techniques: 4.10 Frames
Element name: IMG
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Replaced
Techniques: 4.7.1 Text equivalents for images, 4.7.6 Server-side image maps, 4.10.4 Always make the source of a frame an HTML document, 5.6.1 If you must use images as spacers
Element name: INPUT
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11.6 Graphical buttons, 4.11.8 Backward compatibility issues for forms
Element name: INS
Defined in: N/A
Role: Metadata
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: ISINDEX*
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: KBD
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: LABEL
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11.3 Label form controls explicitly
Element name: LEGEND
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.11.2 Group form controls
Element name: LI
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.4.1 Use style sheets to change list bullets
Element name: LINK
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Metadata
Techniques: 3.3 Alternative pages, 4.1.1 Metadata, 4.1.3 Link metadata and navigation tools, 5 CSS Techniques
Element name: MAP
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.7.4 Image maps
Element name: MENU*
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: META
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Metadata
Techniques: 3.8 Automatic page refresh, 4.1.1 Metadata
Element name: NOFRAMES
Defined in: N/A
Role: Alternative
Techniques: 4.10.2 Text equivalents for frames
Element name: NOSCRIPT
Defined in: N/A
Role: Alternative
Techniques: 4.12.3 Alternative presentation of scripts
Element name: OBJECT
Defined in: N/A
Role: Replaced
Techniques: 3.2.1 Overview of technologies, 4.7.1 Text equivalents for images, 4.7.5 Client-side image maps, 4.7.6 Server-side image maps, 4.8 Applets and other programmatic objects, 4.8.1 Text equivalents for applets and programmatic objects, 4.8.2 Directly accessible applets, 4.9.5 Embedding multimedia objects, 4.10.6 Alternatives to frames
Element name: OL
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.4 Lists
Element name: OPTGROUP
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.11.4 Group menu options
Element name: OPTION
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11.4 Group menu options
Element name: P
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.6.1 Grouping and bypassing links
Element name: PARAM
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Processing
Techniques: N/A
Element name: PRE
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: Q
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.3 Quotations
Element name: S*
Defined in: N/A
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: SAMP
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup
Element name: SCRIPT
Defined in: 3.2 (DTD)
Role: Processing
Techniques: 4.12 Scripts
Element name: SELECT
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11.4 Group menu options
Element name: SMALL
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: 5.2 Fonts
Element name: SPAN
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.6.1 Grouping and bypassing links
Element name: STRIKE*
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: STRONG
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.1 Emphasis
Element name: STYLE
Defined in: 3.2 (DTD)
Role: Processing
Techniques: 5 CSS Techniques
Element name: SUB
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: SUP
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: TABLE
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.5 Tables
Element name: TBODY
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: TD
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: TEXTAREA
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.11.7 Techniques for specific controls
Element name: TFOOT
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.5.1 Tables of data, 4.5.4 Backward compatibility issues for tables
Element name: TH
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: THEAD
Defined in: N/A
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.5.1 Tables of data
Element name: TITLE
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Metadata
Techniques: 4.1.1 Metadata
Element name: TR
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: N/A
Element name: TT
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: U*
Defined in: 3.2
Role: Presentation
Techniques: N/A
Element name: UL
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.1.4 Structural grouping, 4.4 Lists
Element name: VAR
Defined in: 2.0, 3.2
Role: Structure
Techniques: 4.3.5 Miscellaneous structural markup