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<address> HTML Tag
The <address> element identifies contact information relevant to the current site, page, document, section, or article. It should not be used to identify addresses in any other context. -
<applet> HTML Tag
The <applet> element was used to add Java applets to an HTML document. This element was deprecated in HTML 4.01 and removed from the HTML specification entirely with the release of HTML5. Modern equivalents inlcude <object> and <embed>. -
<applet code=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the URL of an application code file to be used in an applet. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet codebase="""> HTML Attribute
Specified the location of a directory contain application code to be used in an applet element. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet width=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the display width of an applet panel. The applet has been deprecated. -
<applet height=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the display height of an applet panel. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet align=""> HTML Attribute
Was used to specify the alignment of an applet relative to the surrounding content. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet hspace=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the amount of horizontal space (margin) on both sides of an applet element. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet border=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the border around the applet panel. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet archive=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the URL of a JAR (Java Archive) file containing the application code for the applet. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<applet mayscript=""> HTML Attribute
Indicated whether an applet may access on-page JavaScript objects. The applet element has been deprecated. -
<area> HTML Tag
The <area> element is used as a child of a <map> element to define clickable a region on an image map. Different regions of an image map can be hyperlinked to different locations by nesting multiple <area> elements in a single <map> element. -
<area href=""> HTML Attribute
Defines the URL of the linked document or resource. -
<area alt=""> HTML Attribute
Specifies alternative text for a clickable area in an image map. -
<area title=""> HTML Attribute
Defines the title text of the clickable area. The title text will appear as a tooltip in most browsers. -
<area target=""> HTML Attribute
Specifies the context in which to open the linked resource. -
<area nohref> HTML Attribute
Specified that an area of an image map did not link to another resource. -
<base> HTML Tag
The <base> element is used to identify a base URL upon which to build all relative URLs that appear on a webpage. In addition, if the <base> element has a target attribute, the target attribute will be used as the default attribute for all hyperlinks appearing in the document. -
<base href=""> HTML Attribute
Specifies the base URL which will be used for all relative links in the current document. -
<base target=""> HTML Attribute
Specifies the default target value for all anchor links in the current document. -
<basefont> HTML Tag
The <basefont> element was used to set the default font size for an HTML document. Deprecated in HTML 4.01 and removed entirely from HTML5, <basefont> is not supported by modern browsers and font styling should be controlled with CSS. -
<basefont size=""> HTML Attribute
Was used to set the base font size for a whole document. Deprecated. Use CSS instead. -
<basefont color=""> HTML Attribute
Used to set the text color for a whole document. Deprecated. Use CSS instead. -
<basefont face=""> HTML Attribute
Was used to set the base font face for a document. Deprecated. Use CSS instead. -
<bgsound> HTML Tag
The <bgsound> element was used to embed a background audio track in an HTML document. It was only ever properly implemented in Internet Explorer and is no longer supported. The <audio> element can now be used to add background sounds, but audio tracks that autoplay and cannot be disabled by the user are strongly discouraged in modern web design. -
<bgsound src=""> HTML Attribute
Specified the URL of the audio source file for the deprecated <bgsound> element. -
<bgsound loop=""> HTML Attribute
Specified whether the audio track defined in the deprecated <bgsound> element should loop. -
<big> HTML Tag
The <big> element was used to cause the selected text to appear one size larger than the surrounding text. This purely presentational tag was removed from HTML5 and should not be used. Instead, use CSS to control font size. -
<blockquote> HTML Tag
The <blockquote> element defines a block of text that is a direct quotation. The <quote> element should be used when a quotation is presented inline with the surrounding text, but when the quotation is presented as a separate paragraph, <blockquote> is the appropriate element to use to identify the quotation.