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  • <bdo> HTML Tag

    The <bdo> element is used override the default directionality of text. It is used to display characters from languages that are read from right-to-left, such as Hebrew and Arabic.

  • <bdi> HTML Tag

    The <bdi> element is used to isolate a small section of text which may be formatted to run in the opposite direction than the text around it (such as right-to-left in a left-to-right context). This is useful when a language with right-to-left directionality, such as Arabic or Hebrew, is used inline with left-to-right languages.

  • <acronym> HTML Tag

    The <acronym> element and title attribute was used to associate a full-text explanation with an acronym. The <acronym> element has been deprecated in HTML5 and <abbr> should be used instead.

  • <sup> HTML Tag

    Superscripts are Super! The <sup> script is used to identify text that should appear in a superscript position relative to… Read More...

  • <del> HTML Tag

    The <del> tag is used to identify text that has been deleted from a document but retained to show the history of modifications made to the document. Pair a <del> element with an <ins> element to identify the inserted text that replaced the deleted text.

  • <tr background="">

    Identifies the URL of a file to be used as a background image for a table row.

  • <tt> HTML Tag

    The <tt> element was used to identify text to be displayed using the browser's default monospace or fixed-width font as it would appear on a fixed-width device such as a teletype. This element has been deprecated and the <code> element is an appropriate modern replacement for <tt>.

  • <u> HTML Tag

    The <u> element was originally used to identify text that should be underlined. The element was deprecated in HTML 4.01, but in HTML5 it was redefined to represent text that should be displayed in a way that is an unarticulated but stylistically distinct from the surrounding text. For example, one proper use of the <u> element is to identify misspelled terms.

  • <ul> HTML Tag

    The <ul> element is used to define an unordered list of items. Use an unordered list to contain <li> elements that do not need to be presented in numerical order and can be rearranged without changing the meaning of the list.

  • <td nowrap>

    NOWRAP indicates that text should not wrap in the cell.

  • <var> HTML Tag

    The <var> element is used to identify a variable in a mathematical equation or computer program. Text marked with <var> tags is displayed in an italics font style by most browsers.

  • <textarea name="">

    Adds a name attribute to a <textarea> element and associates the name with the text added to the text area.

  • <wbr> HTML Tag

    The <wbr> element is used to define a word break opportunity in a string of text. It is particularly useful when you wish to define word break opportunities in a long unbroken string of text that might otherwise break improperly.

  • <textarea cols="">

    Specifies the visible width of a <textarea> element in average character widths. Defaults to 20 if not specified.

  • <textarea wrap="">

    Determines whether or not submitted text wraps when a <textarea> is included in a form submission.

  • <textarea onKeyPress="">

    Adds an event listener to a <textarea> element which executes JavaScript scripting when an onKeyPress event occurs.

  • <th> HTML Tag

    The <th> element is used to identify table cells that contain column header values rather than table data. A row of table heading values is created by nesting multiple <th> values in a parent <tr> element.

  • <title> HTML Tag

    The <title> element is a required HTML element used to assign a title to an HTML document. Page titles are not displayed in the browser window, but they are used as the page name by search engines and displayed by browsers in the title bar, on the page tab, and as the page name of bookmarked webpages.

  • <tr align="">

    Sets the horizontal alignment for the contents of each <td> element in a table row.

  • <style type="">

    Identifies the type of media contained within a <style> element. However, the only supported value is text/css, so the attribute is not needed.

  • <input checked>

    Specifies whether a checkbox or radio button form input should be checked by default.

  • <style media="">

    Identifies the device or media that the styles contained in a <style> are designed to be applied to. Allows CSS styles to be optimized for a variety of devices and media formats.

  • <img name="">

    Identified the image or provided additional information about it. Deprecated in HTML 4.0 in favor of other attributes.

  • <input border="">

    Was used to specify a border on an input. Deprecated. Use CSS instead.

  • <sub> HTML Tag

    The <sub> element is used to identify characters that should be rendered in a subscript position. The element should be used mark text according to typographical conventions and not stylistic purposes. Text that is to appear subscript for purely stylistic purposes should be styled with CSS.