A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML
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This specification defines the 5th major version, first minor revision of the core language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). In this version, new features continue to be introduced to help Web application authors, new elements continue to be introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and special attention continues to be given to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in an effort to improve interoperability.
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id
attributetitle
attributelang
and xml:lang
attributestranslate
attributexml:base
attribute (XML only)dir
attributeclass
attributestyle
attributedata-*
attributesp
elementhr
elementpre
elementblockquote
elementol
elementul
elementli
elementdl
elementdt
elementdd
elementfigure
elementfigcaption
elementdiv
elementmain
elementa
elementem
elementstrong
elementsmall
elements
elementcite
elementq
elementdfn
elementabbr
elementdata
elementtime
elementcode
elementvar
elementsamp
elementkbd
elementsub
and sup
elementsi
elementb
elementu
elementmark
elementruby
elementrb
elementrt
elementrtc
elementrp
elementbdi
elementbdo
elementspan
elementbr
elementwbr
elementimg
element
iframe
elementembed
elementobject
elementparam
elementvideo
elementaudio
elementsource
elementtrack
elementTrackEvent
interfacemap
elementarea
elementa
and area
elementsalternate
"author
"bookmark
"help
"icon
"license
"nofollow
"noreferrer
"prefetch
"search
"stylesheet
"tag
"table
element
caption
elementcolgroup
elementcol
elementtbody
elementthead
elementtfoot
elementtr
elementtd
elementth
elementtd
and th
elementsform
elementlabel
elementinput
element
type
attribute
type=hidden
)type=text
) state and Search state (type=search
)type=tel
)type=url
)type=email
)type=password
)type=datetime
)type=date
)type=month
)type=week
)type=time
)type=datetime-local
)type=number
)type=range
)type=color
)type=checkbox
)type=radio
)type=file
)type=submit
)type=image
)type=reset
)type=button
)input
element attributes
maxlength
and minlength
attributessize
attributereadonly
attributerequired
attributemultiple
attributepattern
attributemin
and max
attributesstep
attributelist
attributeplaceholder
attributeinput
element APIsbutton
elementselect
elementdatalist
elementoptgroup
elementoption
elementtextarea
elementkeygen
elementoutput
elementprogress
elementmeter
elementfieldset
elementlegend
elementname
attributedirname
attributemaxlength
attributeminlength
attributedisabled
attributeautofocus
attributeinputmode
attributeautocomplete
attributedetails
elementsummary
elementmenu
elementmenuitem
elementa
element to define a commandbutton
element to define a commandinput
element to define a commandoption
element to define a commandmenuitem
element to define a
commandcommand
attribute on menuitem
elements to define
a command indirectlyaccesskey
attribute
on a label
element to define a commandaccesskey
attribute
on a legend
element to define a commandaccesskey
attribute to define a command on other elementsdialog
element
Window
object
Window
objectWindowProxy
objectmultipart/x-mixed-replace
resourceshidden
attributebutton
elementdetails
elementinput
element as a text entry widgetinput
element as domain-specific widgetsinput
element as a range controlinput
element as a color wellinput
element as a checkbox and radio button widgetsinput
element as a file upload controlinput
element as a buttonmarquee
elementmeter
elementprogress
elementselect
elementtextarea
elementkeygen
element