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

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
       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.