Hey Devs, This is the most complete and well-structured HTML cheatsheet you can find online!!
So let’s start.
Basic Tags
<html> </html> – Creates an HTML document
<head> </head> – Sets off the title & other info that isn’t displayed
<body> </body> – Sets off the visible portion of the document
<title> </title> – Puts name of the document in the title bar; when
bookmarking pages, this is what is bookmarked
Formatting
<p> </p> – Creates a new paragraph
<br> – Inserts a line break (carriage return)
<blockquote> </blockquote> – Puts content in a quote – indents text from both sides
<div> </div> – Used to format block content with CSS
<span> </span> Used to format inline content with CSS
Body attributes
<body bgcolor="?"> – Sets background color, using a name or hex value
<body bgcolor="?"> – Sets background color, using a name or hex value
<body link="?"> – Sets color of links, using name or hex value
<body vlink="?"> – Sets the color of visited links, using a name or hex value
<body alink="?"> – Sets the color of active links (while mouse-clicking)
Lists
<ul> </ul> – Creates an unordered list
<ol start=?> </ol> – Creates an ordered list (start=xx, where xx is a counting number)
<li> </li> – Encompasses each list item
<li> </li> – Encompasses each list item
<dt> – Precedes each definition term
<dd> – Precedes each definition
Precedes each definition
<pre> </pre> – Creates preformatted text
<h1> </h1> –> <h6> </h6> – Creates headlines — H1=largest, H6=smallest
<b> </b> – Creates bold text (should use instead)
<i> </i> – Creates italicized text (should use instead)
<tt> </tt> – Creates typewriter-style text
<code> </code> – Used to define source code, usually monospace
<cite> </cite> – Creates a citation, usually processed in italics
<address> </address> – Creates address section, usually processed in italics
<em> </em> – Emphasizes a word (usually processed in italics)
<strong> </strong> – Emphasizes a word (usually processed in bold)
<font size=?> </font> – Sets size of font – 1 to 7 (should use CSS instead)
<font color=?> </font> – Sets font color (should use CSS instead)
<font face=?> </font> – Defines the font used (should use CSS instead)
Graphical elements
<hr> – Inserts a horizontal rule
<hr size=?> – Sets size (height) of horizontal rule
<hr width=?> – Sets width of rule (as a % or absolute pixel length)
<hr noshade> – Creates a horizontal rule without a shadow
<img src="URL" /> – Adds image; it is a separate file located at the URL
<img src="URL" align=?> – Aligns image left/right/center/bottom/top/middle (use CSS)
<img src="URL" border=?> – Sets size of border surrounding image (use CSS)
<img src="URL" height=?> – Sets height of image, in pixels
<img src="URL" width=?> – Sets width of image, in pixels
<img src="URL" alt=?> – Sets the alternate text for browsers that can’t process images (required by the ADA)
Audio / Video
<audio> </audio> – Defines sound content
<video> </video> – Defines a video or movie
Links
<a href="URL">clickable text</a> – Creates a hyperlink to a Uniform Resource Locator
<a href="mailto:EMAIL_ADDRESS">clickable text</a> – Creates a hyperlink to an email address
<a name="NAME"> – Creates a target location within a document
<a href="#NAME">clickable text</a> – Creates a link to that target location
Forms
<form> </form> – Defines a form
<select multiple name=? size=?> </select> – Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before user needs to scroll.
<select name=?> </select> – Creates a pulldown menu
<option> – Sets off each menu item
<textarea name=? cols="x" rows="y"></textarea> – Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
<input type="checkbox" name=? value=?> – Creates a checkbox.
<input type="checkbox" name=? value=? checked> – Creates a checkbox which is pre-checked.`
<input type="radio" name=? value=?> – Creates a radio button.
<input type="radio" name=? value=? checked> – Creates a radio button which is pre-checked.
<input type="text" name=? size=?> – Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
<input type="submit" value=?> – Creates a submit button. Value sets the text in the submit button.
<input type="image" name=? src=? border=? alt=?> – Creates a submit button using an image.
<input type="reset"> – Creates a reset button
HTML5 input tag attributes
<input type="email" name=?> – Sets a single-line textbox for email addresses
<input type="url" name=?> – Sets a single-line textbox for URLs
<input type="number" name=?> – Sets a single-line textbox for a number
<input type="range" name=?> – Sets a single-line text box for a range of numbers
<input type="date/month/week/time" name=?> – Sets a single-line text box with a calendar showing the date/month/week/time
<input type="search" name=?> – Sets a single-line text box for searching
<input type="color" name=?> – Sets a single-line text box for picking a color
Tables
<table> </table> – Creates a table
<tr> </tr> – Sets off each row in a table
<td> </td> – Sets off each cell in a row
<th> </th> – Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text)
Table attributes
<table border=?> – Sets the width of the border around table cells
<table cellspacing=?> – Sets the amount of space between table cells
<table cellpadding=?> – Sets the amount of space between a cell’s border and its contents
<table width=?> – Sets the width of the table in pixels or as a percentage
<tr align=?> – Sets alignment for cells within the row (left/center/right)
<td align=?> – Sets alignment for cells (left/center/right)
<tr valign=?> – Sets vertical alignment for cells within the row (top/middle/bottom)
<td valign=?> – Sets vertical alignment for cell (top/middle/bottom)
<td rowspan=?> – Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1)
<td colspan=?> – Sets the number of columns a cell should span
<td nowrap> – Prevents lines within a cell from being broken to fit
Full List of all tags on w3school (Ordered Alphabetically)
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