HTML Quick Reference for CS280
<a> </a> Anchor tag - used to create a hyperlink.
Common attributes: src, alt
<body> </body> Surrounds the body of the web page.
Common attributes: bgcolor, text
<head> </html> Surrounds the header of the web page.
May include the style elements used on the page.
<title> </title> Surrounds the code to print on the heading
bar of the browser window.
<h1-h8> </h1-8> Specifies headings with h1 being most prominent and h8 least.
Common attributes: align
<hr> Places a horizontal line on the page. Common attributes:
align, size, width
<img> Specifies the location for a picture from a file.
Common attributes: src, align, alt
<ol> </ol> Ordered list. Surrounds an ordered list. Common attributes:
type, start
<ul> </ul> Unordered list. Surrounds an unordered (bulleted) list. Common
attributes: type
<br> Specifies a place to break the text. Moves following text
to the next line.
<pa> </pa> Surrounds a paragraph of text and provides an automatic
break at the end of the paragraph.
<dl> </dl> Definitional list. Surrounds a list of terms and definitions.
<dt> </dt> Surrounds a term from a definitional list.
<dd> </d> Surrounds a definition from a definitional list.
(See the source of this page for an example.)
<b> </b> Surrounds text that should be bolded.
<i> </i> Surrounds text that should be italicized.
<table> </table> Table. Surrounds text that should be treated as a table.
Common attributes: border, align, bgcolor, cellpadding, cellspacing
<tr> </tr> Table row. Defines a single row in the table.
Common attributes: bgcolor, align, nowrap, valign
<td> </td> Table detail. Defines a single cell in the table.
Always inside a row. Common attributes: bgcolor, align, nowrap
<pre> </pre> Preserve formats. Keep the spacing as it is in the
file. Preserves indentation, line breaks, and fonts.