Appearing in alphabetical order is a list of all the HTML5 elements contained in the current HTML5 specification. A brief description is included as a quick reference when looking for the perfect element.
| Element | Description |
|---|---|
| A | Use to create hyperlinks |
| Abbr | Use for abbreviations |
| address | Contact information |
| Area | Hyperlink in an image-map |
| article* | Provides section formatting for short expository items like articles, blogs, etc. |
| aside* | Slightly related piece of content for host page |
| audio * | Used to add audio for playback associated with web page |
| b | Bold text |
| base | Base URL |
| bdi* | Isolate text that might be formatted in a different direction from text around it |
| bdo | Use to specify the direction of text |
| blockquote | Block quotation |
| body | Document body |
| br | Line break |
| button | Creates a button. |
| canvas* | Use to define a page region in which drawing can occur |
| caption | Table title |
| cite | Cited title of a work |
| code | Code fragment |
| col | Column in a table |
| colgroup | Group of table columns |
| command* | Use to define user GUI elements |
| datalist* | Use to create a list of input elements for pull-down menus |
| dd | Description |
| del | Deleted text |
| details* | Provides additional information or controls to users on demand |
| dfn | Defining instance |
| div | Generic container |
| dl | Description list |
| dt | Term or name |
| em | Emphasis |
| embed * | Links to external application or interactive content |
| fieldset | Related form controls |
| figcaption* | Provide a caption for a figure element |
| figure* | Standalone flow content element; may be static or dynamic |
| footer* | Concluding information for a document section |
| form | Defines a user-submittable form |
| h1 - h6 | Headings |
| head | Container for metadata about the document, scripts, and styles |
| header* | Header for the document |
| hgroup* | Heading group |
| hr | Horizontal rule / thematic break |
| html | Root element |
| i | Italic text |
| iframe | Nested browsing content |
| img | Image |
| input | Input control |
| ins | Inserted text |
| kbd | User input |
| keygen* | User-accessible control to generate key pairs for security or encryption |
| label | Caption for a form control |
| legend | Explanatory caption |
| li | List item |
| link | Metadata for linking external documents |
| map | Define an image-map |
| mark* | Mark or highlight a run of text in one document, for reference in another document |
| menu | List of commands |
| meta | Metadata |
| meter* | Define a visual indicator for some type of measurement |
| nav* | Use to define a navigation bar or area in a web page |
| noscript | Define content to display in case the script can’t be run |
| object | External content |
| ol | Ordered list |
| optgroup | Define a group of options |
| output* | Some kind of output from script calculation or API call |
| p | Paragraph |
| param | Use to provide parameters to plugins |
| pre | Preformatted text |
| progress* | A visual meter for task completion (progress bar) |
| q | Quoted text |
| rp* | Use for putting parentheses around ruby annotations |
| rt* | Use to mark the text of a ruby annotation |
| ruby* | Use to annotate ideographic languages like Chinese or Japanese |
| s | Mark text as removed, with strike through formatting. |
| samp | Sample output |
| script | Embedded script |
| section* | Generic document or application section |
| select | Option selection form control |
| small | Small text |
| source* | Use to specify multiple sources for audio and video |
| span | A generic text wrapper |
| strong | Important text. Is usually formatted as bold |
| style | Presentation information, typically CSS |
| sub | Subscript text |
| summary* | Summary, legend, or caption for input details information |
| sup | Superscript text |
| table | Table |
| tbody | Group of table rows |
| td | Table cell |
| textarea | Text input area |
| tfoot | Table footer row group |
| th | Table header cell |
| thead | Table heading row group |
| time* | Value for representing date and/or time |
| title | Document title |
| tr | Table row |
| track* | Specify a supplementary media track |
| u | Underline |
| ul | Unordered list |
| var | Use to specify a mathematical or programming variable, or a placeholder |
| video * | Use to playback video content in web page |
| wbr * | Use to denote possible line break point for text flow |
* New in HTML5