HTML Components

Version 8.2
Summary of Supported Tags and Attributes
Version 8 additions shown in red

Document Tags

<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

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
<DIR>...</DIR>
<MENU>...</MENU>
  <LI>...(</LI>)

Description List

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

Tables

<TABLE>...<TABLE>
   BORDER or BORDER=0
   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%
<CAPTION>...</CAPTION>
   ALIGN=top|bottom
<TR>...</TR>
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   BGCOLOR=color
<TH>...</TH>, <TD>...</TD>
   ROWSPAN=n
   COLSPAN=n
   WIDTH=n|n%
   HEIGHT=n
   VALIGN=top|center|bottom
   ALIGN=left|center|right
   BGCOLOR=color
   NOWRAP

Forms

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

Character Level Elements

<BR>
   CLEAR=left|right
<WBR>
<IMG>
   SRC=image
   ALT=string
   ALIGN=top|middle|bottom|left|right
   BORDER=0
   WIDTH=n,n%
   HEIGHT=n
   TRANSP   (non-standard, Lower Left pixel defines transparent color
   IMAGEMAP
   USEMAP=url (local URL only)
   HSPACE=n
   VSPACE=n
   ACTIVE

Anchors

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

Client Side Image Maps

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

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