HTML Elements

Full list of HTML recongnized by default.

note

The engine supports custom elements too. In order to render them meaningfully display and optionally flow needs to be defined for them in CSS.

tag	display	parsing	content	purpose
TT	inline	requires closing	phrasing	teletype or monospaced text
I	inline	requires closing	phrasing	italic text style
B	inline	requires closing	phrasing	bold text style
U	inline	requires closing	phrasing	underlined text style
STRIKE	inline	requires closing	phrasing	strike-through text style
S	inline	requires closing	phrasing	strike-through text style
Q	inline	requires closing	phrasing	inline quotation text style
DEL	inline	requires closing	opaque	deleted text style
INS	inline	requires closing	opaque	inserted text style
BIG	inline	requires closing	phrasing	places text in a large font
SMALL	inline	requires closing	phrasing	places text in a small font
SUB	inline	requires closing	phrasing	places text in subscript style
SUP	inline	requires closing	phrasing	places text in superscript style
EM	inline	requires closing	phrasing	basic emphasis typically rendered in an italic font
STRONG	inline	requires closing	phrasing	strong emphasis typically rendered in a bold font
DFN	inline	requires closing	phrasing	defining instance of the enclosed term
CODE	inline	requires closing	phrasing	used for extracts from program code
SAMP	inline	requires closing	phrasing	used for sample output from programs, and scripts etc.
KBD	inline	requires closing	phrasing	used for text to be typed by the user
VAR	inline	requires closing	phrasing	used for variables or arguments to commands
CITE	inline	requires closing	phrasing	used for citations or references to other sources
BR	inline-block	optional closing	no content
INPUT	inline-block	optional closing	no content	inputs
OUTPUT	inline-block	requires closing	phrasing	outputs
BUTTON	inline-block	requires closing	flow	inputs
SELECT	inline-block	requires closing	flow	inputs
TEXTAREA	inline-block	PMODEL_CDATA	text only	multiline textbox
HTMLAREA	block	requires closing	flow	multiline richtextbox
RICHTEXT	block	requires closing	flow	multiline richtextbox
PLAINTEXT	block	PMODEL_CDATA	text only	multiline plaintextbox
P	block	requires closing	phrasing	paragraph
TEXT	block	requires closing	phrasing	anonymous paragraph
UL	block	requires closing	flow	unordered lists
OL	block	requires closing	flow	ordered (i.e. numbered, requires closing
DL	block	requires closing	flow	definition lists
DIR	block	requires closing	flow	unordered lists (eq. UL, requires closing
MENU	block	requires closing	flow	unordered lists (eq.UL, requires closing
PRE	block	requires closing	phrasing	preformatted text
DIV	block	requires closing	flow	document divisions
CENTER	block	requires closing	flow	text alignment
BLOCKQUOTE	block	requires closing	flow	quoted passage
DD	block	requires closing	flow	quoted part of DL list
DT	block	requires closing	flow	list item in DL lists
LI	block	requires closing	flow	list item
FORM	block	requires closing	flow	fill-out forms
HR	block	optional closing	flow	horizontal rules
SPLITTER	block	requires closing	flow	horizontal rules
H1	block	requires closing	phrasing
H2	block	requires closing	phrasing
H3	block	requires closing	phrasing
H4	block	requires closing	phrasing
H5	block	requires closing	phrasing
H6	block	requires closing	phrasing
ADDRESS	block	requires closing	flow
A	inline	requires closing	opaque	anchor,
IMG	inline-block	optional closing	no content
FONT	inline	requires closing	phrasing
BASEFONT	none	optional closing	text only
MAP	none	requires closing	flow
AREA	none	requires closing	flow
HTML	block	requires closing	flow
BODY	block	requires closing	flow
HEAD	none	requires closing	flow
TABLE	TABLE_TAG	requires closing	flow	table
TD	TABLE_CELL_TAG	requires closing	flow
TH	TABLE_CELL_TAG	requires closing	flow
TBODY	TABLE_BODY_TAG	requires closing	flow
THEAD	TABLE_BODY_TAG	requires closing	flow
TFOOT	TABLE_BODY_TAG	requires closing	flow
CAPTION	block	requires closing	flow
COL	none	optional closing	no content
COLGROUP	none	requires closing	flow
TR	TABLE_ROW_TAG	requires closing	flow
TITLE	none	requires closing	text only	defines the document title, and is always needed.
ISINDEX	none	requires closing	text only	for simple keyword searches, see PROMPT attribute.
BASE	none	requires closing	text only	defines base URL for resolving relative URLs.
STYLE	none	PMODEL_CDATA	text only	style sheet.
META	none	optional closing	text only	used to supply meta info as name/value pairs.
LINK	none	optional closing	text only
SCRIPT	none	PMODEL_CDATA	text only	script source <script>.
COMPONENT	none	PMODEL_CDATA	text only	SSX component: `<component(Clock
REACTOR	none	PMODEL_CDATA	text only	SSX component, samething as the above but `<reactor(Clock
OPTION	block	requires closing	flow
OPTGROUP	block	requires closing	flow
OPTIONS	block	requires closing	flow
WIDGET	block	requires closing	flow
PARAM	none	requires closing	text only
OBJECT	inline-block	requires closing	flow
FIELDSET	block	requires closing	flow
LEGEND	block	requires closing	flow
SPAN	inline	requires closing	phrasing
LABEL	inline	requires closing	flow
NOBR	inline	requires closing	flow
IFRAME	block	requires closing	flow
FRAME	block	requires closing	flow
FRAMESET	block	requires closing	flow
POPUP	block	requires closing	flow	special synthetic tag
INCLUDE	block	requires closing	text only	special synthetic tag - <include src=/>
PICTURE	block	requires closing	flow	special <picture> tag - non-cacheable image.
SECTION	block	requires closing	flow
ARTICLE	block	requires closing	flow
ASIDE	block	requires closing	flow
HGROUP	block	requires closing	flow
HEADER	block	requires closing	flow
FOOTER	block	requires closing	flow
MAIN	block	requires closing	flow
PAGEFRAME	block	requires closing	flow
PAGEBOX	block	requires closing	flow
NAV	block	requires closing	flow
TOOLBAR	block	requires closing	flow
MARK	inline	requires closing	phrasing
PROGRESS	inline-block	requires closing	flow
METER	inline-block	requires closing	flow
TIME	inline	requires closing	flow
FIGURE	block	requires closing	flow
FIGCAPTION	block	requires closing	flow
DETAILS	block	requires closing	flow
SUMMARY	block	requires closing	flow
SVG	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG
G	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:G
PATH	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:PATH
RECT	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:RECT
CIRCLE	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:CIRCLE
ELLIPSE	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:ELLIPSE
LINE	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:LINE
POLYLINE	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:POLYLINE
POLYGON	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:POLYGON
SWITCH	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:SWITCH
USE	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:USE
DEFS	none	requires closing	flow	SVG:DEFS
MASK	none	requires closing	flow	SVG:MASK
RADIALGRADIENT	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:RADIALGRADIENT
LINEARGRADIENT	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:LINEARGRADIENT
STOP	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:STOP
TEXT	inline-block	requires closing	flow	SVG:TEXT
VIDEO	block	requires closing	flow	<video>
SOURCE	none	optional closing	text only	used to supply source info in video.
CANVAS	block	optional closing	flow	<canvas>

where:

• flow
• phrasing