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<plaintext> HTML Tag
The <plaintext> element was used to render HTML code as plain text. Since everything after the opening tag was rendered as plain text, there was no closing <plaintext> tag. This element is obsolete and should not be used. Instead, use the <code> or <pre> elements.
<param value="">
Specifies the parameter value.
<param name="">
Specifies the parameter name.
<param> HTML Tag
The <param> element is used to specify the parameters that apply to plugin-powered content embedded with an <object> element.
<p clear="">
Was used to force a paragraph to appear below sibling elements rather than next to sibling elements within a parent element.
<option value="">
Defines the data sent to the server when a form option item is selected.
<option> HTML Tag
The <option> element is used in conjunction with the <select> element to create a drop-down menu in a web form. Each <option> element is displayed as an available option in the resulting drop-down menu.
<ol start="">
Defines the starting number in an ordered list.
<ol type="">
Specifies the type of list marker that should be used on each item of an unordered list.
<ol> HTML Tag
The <ol> element is used to create an ordered list. An ordered list is created by nesting one or more <li> elements between the opening and closing <ol> tags.
<noembed> HTML Tag
The <noembed> element was conceived as a way to provide fallback content to users whose browsers did not support the <embed> element. In HTML 4.02 <noembed> was deprecated in favor of <object> to provide fallback content.
<multicol width="">
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<applet vspace=""> HTML Attribute
Was used to specify the amount of whitespace that should appear above and below an embedded <applet> element. Applets and the vspace attribute have been deprecated.
<form onReset="">
Runs a script when the Reset button is clicked.
<form onSubmit="">
Runs a script when the Submit button is clicked.
<form name="">
The `name` attribute is deprecated when used with the `form` element. Use `id` instead.
<button tabindex="">
Determines the order of selection when the tab key is used.
<button onClick="">
Runs a script when a button is clicked.
<body onFocus="">
Fires a script when the visitor focuses on the current page.
<body onUnload="">
Fires a script when the visitor leaves the page.
<body onLoad="">
Fires a script when the page has finished loading.