Summary of Supported Tags and Attributes

HTML Components

Version 9.45
Summary of Supported Tags and Attributes
Version 9 additions shown in red

Document Tags
Physical Phrase Markup Tags
Logical Phrase Markup Tags
Block Tags
Lists
Description List
Tables

Forms
Character Level Elements
Anchors
Client Side Image Maps
Miscellaneous
Frame Syntax
Color Syntax

<HTML>...</HTML>
<HEAD>...</HEAD>
<STYLE>...</STYLE>
<BASE>
   HREF=base
<TITLE>...</TITLE>
<BODY>...</BODY>
   BACKGROUND=bitmap
   TEXT=color
   BGCOLOR=color
   LINK=color
   VLINK=color
   OLINK=color
   MARGINWIDTH=n
   MARGINHEIGHT=n
   BGPROPERTIES=fixed
   TOPMARGIN=n
   LEFTMARGIN=n

Physical Phrase Markup Tags

<B>...</B>
<I>...</I>
<U>...</U>
<TT>...</TT>
<S>...</S>
<FONT>...</FONT>
   SIZE=n  (n=1..7) or SIZE=+-n (incremental change)
   COLOR=color
   FACE=facename
<SUB>...</SUB>
<SUP>...</SUP>
<BIG>...</BIG>
<SMALL>...</SMALL>
<STRIKE>...</STRIKE>
<NOBR>...</NOBR>

Logical Phrase Markup Tags

<EM>...</EM>
<STRONG>...</STRONG>
<CITE>...</CITE>
<VAR>...</VAR>
<CODE>...</CODE>
<KBD>...</KBD>
<SAMP>...</SAMP>

Block Tags

<P>...(</P>)
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify
<ADDRESS>...</ADDRESS>
<BLOCKQUOTE>...</BLOCKQUOTE>
<PRE>...</PRE>
<CENTER>...</CENTER>
<DIV>...</DIV>
    ALIGN=left|center|right|justify

Lists

<OL>...</OL>
   START=value
   TYPE=1|a|A|i|I
<UL>...</UL>
   PLAIN
   TYPE=plain|none
<DIR>...</DIR>
<MENU>...</MENU>
  <LI>...(</LI>)
    VALUE=n

Description List

<DL>...</DL>
  <DD>...</DD>
  <DT>...</DT>

Tables

<TABLE>...<TABLE>
   BORDER or BORDER=n
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   CELLSPACING=value
   CELLPADDING=value
   WIDTH=n|n%
   BACKGROUND=image
   BGCOLOR=color
   BORDERCOLOR=color
   BORDERCOLORLIGHT=color
   BORDERCOLORDARK=color
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
   HEIGHT=n|n%
<COLGROUP>...</COLGROUP>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   WIDTH=n|n%
<COL>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   WIDTH=n|n%
   SPAN=n
<CAPTION>...</CAPTION>
   ALIGN=top|bottom
<TR>...</TR>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   BGCOLOR=color
   HEIGHT=n|n%
<TH>...</TH>, <TD>...</TD>
   ROWSPAN=n
   COLSPAN=n
   WIDTH=n|n%
   HEIGHT=n|n%
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   BGCOLOR=color
   NOWRAP
<THEAD><TBODY><TFOOT>   (printing)

Forms

<FORM>...</FORM>
   METHOD=post|get
   ACTION=url
<INPUT>...</INPUT>
   TYPE=text|password|submit|reset|radio|checkbox|hidden|image|button|file
   NAME=string
   VALUE=string
   SIZE=chars       (text, password)
   MAXLENGTH=chars  (text, password)
   CHECKED          (radio, checkbox)
   ONCLICK=string   (button, radio, checkbox, edit)
   TABINDEX=n
   DISABLE
<SELECT>...</SELECT>
   NAME=string
   MULTIPLE
   SIZE=lines
   OnClick
   <OPTION>...(</OPTION>)
      SELECTED
      VALUE=string
   TABINDEX=n
   DISABLE
<TEXTAREA>...</TEXTAREA>
   NAME=string
   ROWS=n
   COLS=n
   WRAP=off|soft|hard
   OnClick
   TABINDEX=n
   DISABLE
<OPTION>...</OPTION>

Character Level Elements

<BR>
   CLEAR=left|right
<WBR>
<IMG>
   SRC=image
   ALT=string
   ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
   BORDER=n
   WIDTH=n,n%
   HEIGHT=n,n%
   TRANSP   (non-standard, Lower Left pixel defines transparent color
   IMAGEMAP
   USEMAP=url (local URL only)
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
   ACTIVE
<OBJECT>...</OBJECT>
   ALT=string
   ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
   WIDTH=n,n%
   HEIGHT=n,n%
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
<PARAM>
   NAME=string
   VALUE=string

Anchors

<A>...</A>
   HREF=url
   NAME=string
   TABINDEX=n

Client Side Image Maps

<MAP>...</MAP>
   NAME=string
<AREA>
   SHAPE=RECT|CIRC|CIRCLE|POLY|POLYGON
   COORDS="n1, n2, ...., nn"
   HREF=url
   NOHREF
   TITLE=title

Miscellaneous

<Hn>...</Hn>   n = 1..6
   ALIGN=left|center|right
<HR>
   SIZE=n
   WIDTH=n|n%
   COLOR=color
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   NOSHADE
<BASEFONT>
   SIZE=n  (n=1..7) or SIZE=+-n (incremental change)
<BGSOUND>
   SRC=filename
   LOOP=n
<Span>
   Style

Frame Syntax

<FRAMESET>...</FRAMESET>
   ROWS|COLS=n1, n2, .., nn  (absolute, %, or *)
   BORDER=n    (Main FRAMSET only)
   FRAMEBORDER=n    (Main FRAMSET only)
<FRAME>
   SRC=filename
   NAME=windowname
   SCROLLING=yes|no|auto
   NORESIZE
   MARGINHEIGHT=n
   MARGINWIDTH=n
<NOFRAMES>...</NOFRAMES>

Color Syntax

Color information may consist of a hexidecimal red, green, and blue value such as FF8000 or be one of the following identifiers:

Black, Maroon, Green, Olive, Navy, Purple, Teal, Gray, Silver, Red, Lime, Yellow, Blue, Fuchsia, Aqua, white, Aliceblue, Antiquewhite, Aquamarine, Azure, Beige, Bisque, Blanchedalmond, Blueviolet, Brown, Burlywood, Cadetblue, Chartreuse, Chocolate, Coral, Cornflowerblue, Cornsilk, Crimson, Cyan, Darkblue, Darkcyan, Darkgoldenrod, Darkgray, Darkgreen, Darkkhaki, Darkmagenta, Darkolivegreen, Darkorange, Darkorchid, Darkred, Darksalmon, Darkseagreen, Darkslateblue, Darkslategray, Darkturquoise, Darkviolet, Deeppink, Deepskyblue, Dimgray, Dodgerblue, Firebrick, Floralwhite, Forestgreen, Gainsboro, Ghostwhite, Gold, Goldenrod, Greenyellow, Honeydew, Hotpink, Indianred, Indigo, Ivory, Khaki, Lavender, Lavenderblush, Lawngreen, Lemonchiffon, Lightblue, Lightcoral, Lightcyan, Lightgoldenrodyellow, Lightgreen, Lightgrey, Lightpink, Lightsalmon, Lightseagreen, Lightskyblue, Lightslategray, Lightsteelblue, Lightyellow, Limegreen, Linen, Magenta, Mediumaquamarine, Mediumblue, Mediumorchid, Mediumpurple, Mediumseagreen, Mediumslateblue, Mediumspringgreen, Mediumturquoise, Mediumvioletred, Midnightblue, Mintcream, Mistyrose, Moccasin, Navajowhite, Oldlace, Olivedrab, Orange, Orangered, Orchid, Palegoldenrod, Palegreen, Paleturquoise, Palevioletred, Papayawhip, Peachpuff, Peru, Pink, Plum, Powderblue, Rosybrown, Royalblue, Saddlebrown, Salmon, Sandybrown, Seagreen, Seashell, Sienna, Skyblue, Slateblue, Slategray, Snow, Springgreen, Steelblue, Tan, Thistle, Tomato, Turquoise, Violet, Wheat, Whitesmoke, Yellowgreen, background, activecaption, inactivecaption, menu, window, windowframe, menutext, windowtext, captiontext, activeborder, inactiveborder, appworkSpace, highlight, hightlighttext, buttonface, buttonshadow, graytext, buttontext, inactivecaptiontext, buttonhighlight, threeddarkshadow, threedlightshadow, infotext, infobackground, scrollbar, threedface, threedhighlight, threedshadow.