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Element (Meaning) ↓ HTML 1 HTML 2.0 HTML 3.2 HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5.2 HTML 1992 1995 1997 1999 2000 2010 2017 —a (anchor) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes abbr (abbreviation) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes acronym (acronym) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no address (author information) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes applet (Java applet) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no area (image map area) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes article (self-contained and distributable content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes aside (related content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes audio (audio content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes b (bold text style; since HTML 5: attention) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes base (document base URL) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes basefont (base font size) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no bdi (bidi isolation) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes bdo (bidi override) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes big (large text style) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no blockquote (long quotation) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes body (document body) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes br (line break) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes button (push button) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes canvas (bitmap canvas) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes caption (table caption) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes center (<div align="center"></div>) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no cite (citation) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes code (code fragment) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes col (table column) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes colgroup (table column group) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes data (content with machine-readable equivalent) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes datalist (predefined options for form controls) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes dd (description) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes del (deleted text) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes details (disclosure widget) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes dfn (instance definition) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes dialog (user interaction) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes dir (directory list) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no div (generic container) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes dl (description list) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes dt (description term) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes em (emphasis) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes embed (integration point) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes fieldset (form control group) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes figcaption (figure caption) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes figure (self-contained flow content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes font (font style) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no footer (footer) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes form (form) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes frame (subwindow) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no frameset (window subdivision) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no h1 (heading) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes h2 (heading) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes h3 (heading) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes h4 (heading) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes h5 (heading) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes h6 (heading) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes head (document head) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes header (header) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes hgroup (heading and related content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes hr (thematic break) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes html (document root) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes i (italic text style; since HTML 5: alternate voice) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes iframe (inline subwindow) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes img (image content) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes input (input field) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ins (inserted text) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes isindex (input field with text prompt) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no kbd (user input) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes label (form control caption) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes legend (fieldset caption) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes li (list item) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes link (resource link) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes listing (preformatted text, similar to pre) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no main (dominant content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes map (image map) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes mark (marked reference text) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes menu (menu list) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes meta (metadata) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes meter (scalar measurement) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes nav (navigation section) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes nextid (anchor name hint) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no noframes (frame fallback) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no noscript (script fallback) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes object (generic content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ol (ordered list) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes optgroup (option group) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes option (selectable choice) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes output (calculation or user action output) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes p (paragraph) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes param (object parameter) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no picture (extended image content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes plaintext (preformatted plain-text) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no pre (preformatted text) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes progress (progress of a task) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes q (short quotation) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes rb (ruby base) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✗ no rp (ruby parentheses) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes rt (ruby text) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes rtc (ruby text container) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✗ no ruby (ruby markup) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes s (struck-through text style; since HTML 5: irrelevance) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes samp (sample output) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes script (script) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes search (search controls or content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes section (generic section) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes select (option selector) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes slot (shadow tree slot) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes small (small text style; since HTML 5: small print) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes source (media content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes span (generic container) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes strike (struck-through text style) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no strong (strong emphasis; since HTML 5: importance) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes style (formatting) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes sub (subscript) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes summary (details caption) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes sup (superscript) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes table (table) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes tbody (table body) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes td (table data cell) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes template (fragment declaration) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes textarea (multi-line input field) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes tfoot (table footer) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes th (table header cell) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes thead (table header) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes time (date, time, time zone offset, or duration) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes title (document title) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes tr (table row) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes track (text track) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes tt (teletype text style) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no u (underlined text style; since HTML 5: annotation) ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ul (unordered list) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes var (variable) ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes video (video content) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes wbr (line break opportunity) ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✓ yes ✓ yes xmp (preformatted text, similar to pre) ✓ yes ✓ yes ✓ yes ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no ✗ no Number (out of 132) → 22 49 70 91 91 83 111 112 HTML 1 HTML 2.0 HTML 3.2 HTML 4.01 XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5.2 HTML Notes
Only the latest version of the W3C specification of HTML (5) is featured. This is done in order to limit confusion. For the latest in HTML, please refer to the WHATWG specification.
Living HTML also knows math, svg, and custom elements. As these represent the parent elements for special markup they’re not part of the index. (When counting HTML elements, this is important to mention.)
XHTML 2.0 was once part of this index, but got removed because it never became a standard. You find the latest version of this index featuring XHTML 2.0 at archive.today.
If you like to study this and more information about the HTML standard in a book, consider Rote Learning HTML & CSS (2024). There’s also a Google spreadsheet with some extra detail if you want to focus on HTML, and work with the historical data.
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