HTML Elements

Cole Knaver

<html>: Root element that wraps the entire HTML document.
<head>: Holds metadata, page title, styles, and scripts.
<body>: Contains all visible page content.
<title>: Text shown in the browser tab and used as the page title in search results.
<meta>: Metadata such as character set, viewport settings, or SEO description.
<link>: References external resources like stylesheets or icons.
<h1>: Main heading for the page or top-level section.
<h2>: Major subsection heading under
<h3>: Sub-heading under
<Paragraph of text.
<br>: Line break inside text (used sparingly).
<strong>: Marks text as important; usually rendered bold.
<em>: Emphasized text; usually rendered italic.
<div>: Generic block‑level container for grouping content.
<span>: Generic inline container for styling small text segments.
<header>: Intro/heading area for a page or section.
<nav>: Section that holds navigation links.
<main>: The primary unique content of the page (one per document).
<footer>: Footer area for a page or section.
<ul>: Unordered (bulleted) list.
<ol>: Ordered (numbered) list
<li>: List item inside <ul> or <ol>.
<img>: Embeds an image.
<audio>: Embeds audio with controls.
<video>: Embeds video with controls.
<a>: Hyperlink to another page, file, or location.
<code>: Marks inline code or code fragments.
<pre>: Preformatted text that preserves whitespace
<form>: Container for user input controls to be submitted.
<input>: Versatile form control (text fields, checkboxes, etc., via the type attribute).