Codecademy Html Cheat Sheet



This cheat sheet - or HTML code quick reference - lists the common HTML tags and their attributes, grouped into relevant sections in an easy-to-read format.

GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. HTML input elements can be of type number.These input fields allow the user to enter only numbers and a few special characters inside the field. The example code block shows an input with a type of number and a name of balance.When the input field is a part of a form, the form will receive a key-value pair with the format: name: value after form submission. /HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is used to give content to a web page and instructs web browsers on how to structure that content. An HTML element is a piece of content in an HTML document and uses the following syntax: opening tag + content + closing tag. In the code provided: The syntax for a single HTML tag is an opening angle bracket.

What is html? What are tags? - Perhaps check out where to start or what is html first :-)

Html code cheat sheet
Basic HTML Structure Help | Top
Common Tags for Blogs Help | Top
<h?> heading </h?>Heading (h1 for largest to h6 for smallest)
<p> paragraph </p>Paragraph of Text
<b> bold </b>Make text between tags bold
<i> italic </i>Make text between tags italic
<a href='url'> link name </a>Create a link to another page or website
<div> ... </div>Divide up page content into sections, and applying styles
<img src='filename.jpg'>Show an image
<ul> <li> list </li> </ul>Unordered, bullet-point list
<br>Line Break (force a new line)
<span> red </span>Use CSS style to change text colour
Text Formatting Help | Top
<h?> ... </h?>Heading (?= 1 for largest to 6 for smallest, eg h1)
<b> ... </b>Bold Text
<i> ... </i>Italic Text
<u> ... </u>Underline Text
<strike> ... </strike>Strikeout
<sup> ... </sup>Superscript - Smaller text placed below normal text
<sub> ... </sub>Subscript - Smaller text placed below normal text
<small> ... </small>Small - Fineprint size text
<tt> ... </tt>Typewriter Text
<pre> ... </pre>Pre-formatted Text
<blockquote> ... </blockquote>Text Block Quote
<strong> ... </strong>Strong - Shown as Bold in most browsers
<em> ... </em>Emphasis - Shown as Italics in most browsers
<font> ... </font>Font tag obsolete, use CSS. (*)
Section Divisions Help | Top
<div> ... </div>Division or Section of Page Content
<span> ... </span>Section of text within other content
<p> ... </p>Paragraph of Text
<br>Line Break
<hr>Basic Horizontal Line
<hr> Tag Attributes:
size='?'Line Thickness in pixels
width='?'Line Width in pixels
width='??%'Line Width as a percentage
color='#??????'Line Colour(*)
align='?'Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right(*)
noshadeNo 3D cut-out
<nobr> ... </nobr>Line Break
Images Help | Top
<img src='url' alt='text'>Basic Image
<img> Tag Attributes:
src='url'URL or filename of image (required!)
alt='text'Alternate Text (required!)
align='?'Image alignment within surrounding text (*)
width='??'Image width (in pixels or %)
height='??'Image height (in pixels or %)
border='??'Border thickness (in pixels) (*)
vspace='??'Space above and below image (in pixels) (*)
hspace='??'Space on either side of image (in pixels) (*)
Linking Tags Help | Top
<a href='url'> link text </a>Basic Link
<a> Tag Attributes:
href='url'Location (url) of page to link to.
name='??'Name of link (name of anchor, or name of bookmark)
target='?'Link target location: _self, _blank, _top, _parent.
href='url#bookmark'Link to a bookmark (defined with name attribute).
href='mailto:email'Link which initiates an email (dependant on user's email client).
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Lists Help | Top
<ol> ... </ol>Ordered List
<ul> ... </ul>Un-ordered List
<li> ... </li>List Item (within ordered or unordered)
<ol type='?'>Ordered list type: A, a, I, i, 1
<ol start='??'>Ordered list starting value
<ul type='?'>Unordered list bullet type: disc, circle, square
<li value='??'>List Item Value (changes current and subsequent items)
<li type='??'>List Item Type (changes only current item)
<dl> ... </dl>Definition List
<dt> ... </dt>Term or phrase being defined
<dd> ... </dd>Detailed Definition of term
Tables Help | Top
<table> ... </table>Define a Table
<table> Tag Attributes:
border='?'Thickness of outside border
bordercolor='#??????'Border Colour
cellspacing='?'Space between cells (pixels)
cellpadding='?'Space between cell wall and content
align='??'Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right(*)
bgcolor='#??????'Background Colour (*)
width='??'Table Width (pixels or %) (*)
height='??'Table Height (pixels or %) (*)
<tr> ... </tr>Table Row within table
<th> ... </th>Header Cell within table row
<td> ... </td>Table Cell within table row
<td> Tag Attributes:
colspan='?'Number of columns the cell spans across (cell merge)
rowspan='?'Number of row a cell spans across (cell merge)
width='??'Cell Width (pixels or %) (*)
height='??'Cell Height (pixels or %) (*)
bgcolor='#??????'Background Colour (*)
align='??'Horizontal Alignment: left, center, right(*)
valign='??'Vertical Alignment: top, middle, bottom(*)
nowrapForce no line breaks in a particular cell
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Frames Help | Top
<frameset> ... </frameset>Define the set of Frames
<frameset> Tag Attributes:
rows='??,??, ...'Define row sizes & number of rows (size in pixels or %)
cols='??,??, ...'Define column sizes & number of columns (size in pixels or %)
noresize='noresize'User cannot resize any frames in frameset
<frame> ... </frame>Define a frame within the frameset
<frame> Tag Attributes:
src='url'Location of HTML File for a frame
name='***'Unique name of frame window
marginwidth='?'Horizontal margin spacing inside frame (pixels)
marginheight='?'Vertical margin spacing inside frame (pixels)
noresize='noresize'Declare all frameset sizes as fixed
scrolling='***'Can the user scroll inside the frame: yes, no, auto
frameborder='?'Frame Border: (1=yes, 2=no)
bordercolor='#??????'Border Colour (*)
<noframes> ... </noframes>Unframed content (for browsers not supporting frames)
Forms Help | Top
<form> ... </form>Form input group decleration
<form> Tag Attributes:
action='url'URL of Form Script
method='***'Method of Form: get, post
enctype='***'For File Upload: enctype='multipart/form-data'
<input> ... </input>Input field within form
<input> Tag Attributes:
type='***'Input Field Type: text, password, checkbox, submit etc.
name='***'Form Field Name (for form processing script)
value='***'Value of Input Field
size='***'Field Size
maxlength='?'Maximum Length of Input Field Data
checkedMark selected field in radio button group or checkbox
<select> ... </select>Select options from drop down list
<select> Tag Attributes:
name='***'Drop Down Combo-Box Name (for form processing script)
size='?'Number of selectable options
multipleAllow multiple selections
<option> ... </option>Option (item) within drop down list
<option> Tag Attributes:
value='***'Option Value
selectedSet option as default selected option
<textarea> ... </textarea>Large area for text input
<textarea> Tag Attributes:
name='***'Text Area Name (for form processing script)
rows='?'Number of rows of text shown
cols='?'Number of columns (characters per rows)
wrap='***'Word Wrapping: off, hard, soft
Special Characters Help | Top
&lt;< - Less-Than Symbol
&gt;> - Greater-Than Symbol
&amp;& - Ampersand, or 'and' sign
&quot;' - Quotation Mark
&copy;© - Copyright Symbol
&trade; - Trademark Symbol
&nbsp; - A space (non-breaking space)
&#??;ISO 8859-1 character - replace ?? with the iso code
Miscellaneous Tags Help | Top
<!-- ... -->Comment within HTML source code
<!DOCTYPE html ... >Document Type Definition (wiki)
<meta> ... </meta>META information tag
<meta> Tag Attributes:
name='***'Meta name: description, keywords, author
http-equiv='***'HTTP Equivalent Info: title, etc.
content='***'Information content
<link>LINK content relationship tag
<link> Tag Attributes:
rel='***'Type of forward relationship
http='url'Location (URL) of object or file being linked
type='***'Type of object or file, eg: text/css
title='***'Link title (optional)
Body Background & Colours Help | Top
<body> Tag Attributes:
background='url'Background Image (*)
bgcolor='#??????' Background Colour(*)
text='#??????' Document Text Colour (*)
link='#??????' Link Colour (*)
vlink='#??????' Visited Link Colour (*)
alink='#??????' Active Link Colour (*)
bgproperties='fixed' Background Properties - 'Fixed' = non-scrolling watermark (*)
leftmargin='?' Side Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*)
topmargin='?' Top Margin Size in Pixels (Internet Explorer) (*)

(*) Important Note:

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Tags marked with (*) should still work, but have been superseded by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which is now the recommended way to change the font, colour, spacing, border or alignment of HTML elements.

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