Usable HTML tags

The following table shows all the HTML tags and their attributes available in Homepage Builder. Note that if you open a Web page in which other tags or attributes than the followings are embedded, Homepage Builder gives you an error message that says either 'Unknown tag' or 'The attribute is invalid.' Asterisks (*) are attached to tags and attributes that are not defined in HTML 4.0.
Tag
Generic attribute group (Note 1)
Description
Editing on the Normal pane
F - Full support
P - Partial support
N - No support (Note 2)
Displaying on the Normal pane
(Note 3)
F - Full support
P - Partial support
N - No support
Attribute
Attribute value
A
core, internationalization, event
anchor
F
F
charset
char encoding of linked resource
N
N/A
type
content type
N
N/A
name
label
F
N/A
href
URL for linked resource
F
F
hreflang
language code
N
N/A
target
target
F
N/A
rel
link destination type
N
N/A
rev
link source type
N
N/A
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N/A
shape
rect
type of drawing
N
N/A
coords
for use with client-side image maps
N
N/A
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
F
N/A
onblur
action when focus lost
F
N/A
ABBR
core, internationalization, event
abbreviated form
N
F
ACRONYM
core, internationalization, event
acronym
N
F
ADDRESS
core, internationalization, event
information on author
F
F
APPLET
core
Java applet
F
F
codebase
optional base URL for applet
F
N/A
archive
archive list
N
N/A
code
applet class file
F
N/A
object
serialized applet file
N
N/A
alt
short description
F
N/A
name
name
N
N/A
width
width
F
F
height
height
F
F
align
top, middle, bottom,
left, right
vertical or horizontal alignment
F
F
hspace
horizontal gutter
F
F
vspace
vertical space
F
F
AREA
core, internationalization, event
client-side image map area
F
N/A
shape
rect, circle, poly
type of drawing
F
N/A
coords
comma separated list of lengths
F
N/A
href
URL for linked resource
F
N/A
target
target
F
N/A
nohref
no URL
N
N/A
alt
short description
F
N/A
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N/A
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
N
N/A
onblur
action when focus lost
N
N/A
B
core, internationalization, event
bold text style
F
F
BASE
document base URL
F
N/A
href
base URL
F
N/A
target
predetermined value of target
F
N/A
BASEFONT
base font size
N
N
id
style id
N
N
size
size
N
N
color
text color
N
N
face
comma separated list of font names
N
N
BDO
core, internationalization
directionality
N
N
BIG
core, internationalization, event
large text style
N
F
BLINK *
core, internationalization, event
blinking
F
F (Note 4)
BLOCKQUOTE
core, internationalization, event
long quotation
F
F
cite
quotation source
N
N/A
BODY
core, internationalization, event
document body
F
F
onload
action when the document has been loaded
F
N/A
onunload
action when the document has been removed
F
N/A
background
background image
F
F
bgcolor
background color
F
F
text
text color
F
F
link
color of links
F
F
vlink
previously read link color
F
N/A
alink
color of selected links
F
N/A
BR
core
forced line break
F
F
clear
left, all, right, none
control of text flow
F
F
BUTTON
core, internationalization, event
push button
F
F
name
name
F
N/A
value
value
F
N/A
type
button, submit, reset
type
F
N/A
disabled
disabled
unavailable in this context
F
F
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N/A
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
F
N/A
onblur
action when focus lost
F
N/A
CAPTION
core, internationalization, event
table caption
F
F
align
top, bottom, left, right
alignment
F
F
CENTER
core, internationalization, event
center
F
F
CITE
core, internationalization, event
citation
F
F
CODE
core, internationalization, event
computer code fragment
F
F
COL
core, internationalization, event
table column
N
N
span
number of columns
N
N
width
width
N
N
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
N
N
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
N
N
COLGROUP
core, internationalization, event
table column group
N
N
span
number of columns
N
N
width
width
N
N
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
N
N
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
N
N
DD
core, internationalization, event
definition description
F
F
DEL
core, internationalization, event
deleted text
N
N
cite
comment
N
N/A
datetime
date and time of change
N
N/A
DFN
core, internationalization, event
definition description
F
F
DIR
core, internationalization, event
directory list
N
F
compact
compact
compact
N
N
DIV
core, internationalization, event
layout container
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
DL
core, internationalization, event
definition list
F
F
compact
compact
reduced interitem spacing
N
N
DT
core, internationalization, event
definition term
F
F
EM
core, internationalization, event
emphasis
F
F
EMBED *
core, event
plug-in
F
F
src
object
F
N/A
height
height
F
F
width
width
F
F
align
alignment
F
F
hspace
horizontal gutter
F
F
vspace
vertical space
F
F
loop
loop
N
N/A
hidden
Hidden
N
N
volume
volume
N
N/A
autostart
auto-start
N
N/A
repeat
repeat
N
N/A
panel
panel
N
N
text
title
N
N
palette
palette
N
N
textfocus
focus
N
N/A
FIELDSET
core, internationalization, event
input field group
N
N
FONT
core, internationalization
font
F
F
size
size
F
F
color
text color
F
F
face
comma separated list of font names
F
F
FORM
core, internationalization, event
interactive form
F
F
action
server-side form handler
F
N/A
method
GET, POST
HTTP method used to submit the form
F
N/A
enctype
type of encoding
F
N/A
onsubmit
action when the form is submitted
F
N/A
onreset
action when the form is reset
F
N/A
target
target
F
N/A
accept-charset
list of supported character sets
N
N/A
FRAME
core
subwindow
F
F
longdesc
link to long description
N
N/A
name
frame name
F
N/A
src
URL such as file name
F
F
frameborder
1, 0
border
N
N/A
marginwidth
margin width in pixels
F
N
marginheight
margin height in pixels
F
N
noresize
noresize
does not allow users to resize frames
F
N
scrolling
yes, no, auto
scroll bar
F
N
FRAMESET
core
window subdivision
F
F
rows
number of up-down divisions
F
F
cols
number of left-right divisions
F
F
onload
action when all the frames have been loaded
N
N/A
onunload
action when all the frames have been removed
N
N/A
frameborder *
display of borders
F
P (Note 6)
border *
border width
F
P (Note 6)
H1
core, internationalization, event
heading 1
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
H2
core, internationalization, event
heading 2
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
H3
core, internationalization, event
heading 3
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
H4
core, internationalization, event
heading 4
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
H5
core, internationalization, event
heading 5
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
H6
core, internationalization, event
heading 6
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
HEAD
internationalization
document head
F
N/A
profile
named dictionary of meta info
N
N/A
HR
core, event
horizontal rule
F
F
align
left, center, right
alignment
F
F
noshade
noshade
no shading
F
F
size
thickness
F
F
width
width
F
F
HTML
internationalization
HTML document
F
N/A
version
version
N
N/A
I
core, internationalization, event
italic text style
F
F
IFRAME
core
inline subwindow
N
N
longdesc
detailed explanation
N
N
name
frame name
N
N
src
URL such as file name and so on
N
N
frameborder
1, 0
border
N
N
marginwidth
margin width in pixels
N
N
marginheight
margin height in pixels
N
N
scrolling
yes, not, auto
scroll bar
N
N
align
top, middle, bottom,
left, right
vertical or horizontal alignment
N
N
height
height
N
N
width
width
N
N
IMG
core, internationalization, event
image
F
F
src
file name
F
F
alt
~
short description
F
N/A
longdesc
detailed explanation
N
N/A
height
height
F
F
width
width
F
F
usemap
CSIM map name
F
N/A
ismap
ismap
use of server-side image map
F
N/A
align
top, middle, bottom,
left, right
vertical or horizontal alignment
F
F
border
border width
F
F
hspace
horizontal gutter
F
F
vspace
vertical space
F
F
name *
name
N
N/A
INPUT
core, internationalization, event
input field
F
F
type
text, password,
checkbox, radio,
submit, reset,
file, hidden,
image, button
type
P (Note 7)
P (Note 7)
name
name
F
N/A
value
value
F
F
checked
checked
selected radio buttons and check boxes
F
F
disabled
disabled
unavailable in this context
F
N
readonly
readonly
no entry possible
F
N/A
size
number of columns
F
F
maxlength
maximum characters for text fields
F
F
src
image file name
F
F
alt
short description
F
N/A
usemap
CSIM map name
N
N/A
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N/A
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
F
N/A
onblur
action when focus lost
F
N/A
onselect
action when some text is selected
F
N/A
onchange
action when the element value is changed
F
N/A
accept
list of MIME types for file upload
N
N/A
align
top, middle, bottom,
left, right
vertical or horizontal alignment
N
N
INS
core, internationalization, event
inserted text
N
N
cite
comment
N
N
datetime
date and time
N
N
ISINDEX
core, internationalization
index search
N
N
prompt
prompt message
N
N
KBD
core, internationalization, event
text to be entered by the user
F
F
LABEL
core, internationalization, event
label of input field
N
N
for
id for input field
N
N
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
N
N
onblur
action when focus lost
N
N
LEGEND
core, internationalization, event
fieldset legend
N
N
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N
align
top, bottom, left, right
alignment
N
N
LI
core, internationalization, event
list item
F
F
type
1, a, A, i, I,
disc, square, circle
type
F
F
value
number
F
F
LINK
core, internationalization, event
a media-independent link
F
N/A
charset
encoding of link destination text
N
N/A
href
URL for linked resource
F
N/A
hreflang
language code
N
N/A
type
Content type
N
N/A
rel
link destination type
N
N/A
rev
link source type
N
N/A
media
media
N
N/A
target
target
N
N/A
MAP
core, internationalization, event
client-side image map
F
N/A
name
map name
F
N/A
MENU
core, internationalization, event
menu list
N
F
compact
compact
compact
N
N
META
internationalization
generic meta information
F
N/A
http-equiv
HTTP response header name
F
N/A
name
NAME item
F
N/A
content
associated information
F
N/A
scheme
scheme
N
N/A
NOFRAMES
core, internationalization, event
alternate content container for non frame-based rendering
F
F
NOSCRIPT
core, internationalization, event
alternate content container for non script-based rendering
N
N
OBJECT
core, internationalization, event
generic embedded object
F
F
declare
declare
declaration
N
N/A
classid
object
F
N/A
codebase
base URL for classid, data, archive
F
N/A
data
reference to object's data
F
N/A
type
data type
F
N/A
codetype
content type for code
F
N/A
archive
archive list
F
N/A
standby
standby character
F
N/A
height
height
F
F
width
width
F
F
usemap
CSIM map name
N
N/A
name
name
N
N/A
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
align
top, middle, bottom,
left, right
vertical or horizontal alignment
F
F
border
border width
F
F
hspace
horizontal gutter
F
F
vspace
vertical space
F
F
OL
core, internationalization, event
ordered list
F
F
type
1, a, A, i, I
item type
F
F
compact
compact
reduced interitem spacing
N
N
start
starting number
F
F
OPTGROUP
core, internationalization, event
option group
N
N
disabled
disabled
unavailable in this context
N
N
label
label
N
N
OPTION
core, internationalization, event
selectable choice
F
F
selected
selected
selected
F
F
disabled
disabled
unavailable in this context
N
F
label
label
N
N/A
value
value
F
F
P
core, internationalization, event
paragraph
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify
alignment
P (Note 5)
P (Note 5)
PARAM
named property value
F
N/A
id
id
N
N/A
name
name
F
N/A
value
value
F
N/A
valuetype
DATA, REF, OBJECT
type of value
N
N/A
type
content type
N
N/A
PRE
core, internationalization, event
preformatted text
F
F
width
maximum number of characters in a line
N
N
Q
core, internationalization, event
short inline quotation
N
N
cite
quotation source
N
N
S
core, internationalization, event
strike-through text style
F
F
SAMP
core, internationalization, event
sample program output, scripts, and so on
F
F
SCRIPT
script statements
F
F
charset
character encoding for external file
N
N/A
type
content type
N
N/A
language
language
F
N/A
src
external file name
F
N/A
defer
defer
defer
N
N/A
event
(Unused)
N
N/A
for
(unused)
N
N/A
SELECT
core, internationalization, event
option selector
F
F
name
name
F
N/A
size
number of rows
F
F
multiple
multiple
multiple selection permitted (default is single selection)
F
F
disabled
disabled
unavailable in this context
F
F
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
F
N/A
onblur
action when focus lost
F
N/A
onchange
action when the element value is changed
F
N/A
SMALL
core, internationalization, event
small text style
N
F
SPAN
core, internationalization, event
style container
N
F
STRIKE
core, internationalization, event
strike-through text
N
F
STRONG
core, internationalization, event
strong emphasis
F
F
STYLE
internationalization
style info
F
F
type
content type
N
N/A
media
media
N
N/A
title
title
N
N/A
SUB
core, internationalization, event
subscript
F
F
SUP
core, internationalization, event
superscript
F
F
TABLE
core, internationalization, event
table
F
F
summary
summary
N
N
width
width
F
F
border
border width
F
F
frame
void, above, below,
hsides, lhs, rhs,
vsides, box, border
type of border
N
N
rules
none, groups,
rows, cols, all
Type of ruled line
N
N
cellspacing
~
spacing between cells
F
F
cellpadding
spacing within cells
F
F
align
left, center, right
table position relative to window
F
F
bgcolor
background color
F
F
datapagesize
(unused)
N
N
height *
height
F
F
background *
background image
F
F
TBODY
core, internationalization, event
table body
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
N
P (Note 5)
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
N
P (Note 8)
TD
core, internationalization, event
table data cell
F
F
abbr
abbreviation for header cell
N
N/A
axis
names groups of related headers
N
N/A
headers
header cell id
N
N/A
scope
header cell scope
N
N/A
rowspan
number of rows spanned by cell
F
F
colspan
number of columns spanned by cell
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
P (Note 9)
P (Note 9)
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
P (Note 8)
P (Note 8)
nowarp
nowrap
no automatic word wrap
F
F
bgcolor
background color
F
F
width
width
F
F
height
height
F
F
background *
texture tile for document background
F
F
TEXTAREA
core, internationalization, event
multi-line text field
F
F
name
name
F
N/A
rows
number of rows
F
F
cols
number of columns
F
F
disabled
disabled
unavailable in this context
F
N
readonly
readonly
no entry possible
F
N/A
tabindex
tab index
N
N/A
accesskey
accessibility key character
N
N/A
onfocus
action when the element gets the focus
F
N/A
onblur
action when focus lost
F
N/A
onselect
action when some text is selected
F
N/A
onchange
action when the element value is changed
F
N/A
TFOOT
core, internationalization, event
table footer
N
F
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
N
P (Note 9)
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
N
F
TH
core, internationalization, event
table header cell
F
F
abbr
abbreviation for header cell
N
N/A
axis
header cell group
N
N/A
headers
header cell id
N
N/A
scope
header cell scope
N
N/A
rowspan
~
number of rows spanned by cell
F
F
colspan
number of columns spanned by cell
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
P (Note 9)
P (Note 9)
char
alignment character
N
N/A
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N/A
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
Vertical position alignment
P (Note 8)
P (Note 8)
nowarp
nowrap
no automatic word wrap
F
F
bgcolor
background color
F
F
width
width
F
F
height
height
F
F
background *
background image
F
F
THEAD
core, internationalization, event
table header
N
F
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
N
P (Note 9)
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
N
P (Note 8)
TITLE
internationalization
document title
F
F
TR
core, internationalization, event
table row
F
F
align
left, center, right,
justify, char
horizontal alignment
P (Note 9)
P (Note 9)
char
alignment character
N
N
charoff
offset for alignment character
N
N
valign
top, middle, bottom,
baseline
vertical alignment
P (Note 8)
P (Note 8)
bgcolor
background color
F
F
background *
background image
F
F
TT
core, internationalization, event
teletype or monospaced text style
F
F
U
core, internationalization, event
underlined text style
F
F
UL
core, internationalization, event
unordered list
F
F
type
disc, square, circle
item type
F
F
compact
compact
reduced interitem spacing
N
N
VAR
core, internationalization, event
instance of a variable or program argument
F
F
(Note 1): Generic attribute group refers to the three attribute groups "core", "internationalization" and "event". Refer to Generic attribute group.

(Note 2): You cannot edit N-marked tags and attributes on the [Normal] pane, but you can directly edit them on the [HTML Source] pane or other text editors. Refer to .

(Note 3): Some tags and attributes change the Web page appearance. Normally you can see the changes on the [Normal] pane, but sometimes you cannot. The marks F, P, nad N indicate the support for displaying the appearance changes on the [Normal] editor. N/A indicates that the tag or attribute does not change the Web page appearance.

(Note 4): This tag is indicated by the red color. (It does not flash.)

(Note 5): Except for "justify," both editing and display are supported.

(Note 6): Attribute values other than '0' can be displayed.

(Note 7): Except for "type=file", displaying is supported.

(Note 8): Except for "baseline," both editing and display are supported.

(Note 9): Except for "justify" and "char", both editing and display are supported.

Related Items

Generic attribute group