HTML Cheatsheet Cheat Sheet

A Programming › HTML cheat sheet in English by kesavanbr

Keep this cheatsheet handy — it contains the most common HTML tags and their proper syntax.

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<html></html>	Creates an HTML document
<head></head>	Sets off the title and other information that isn’t displayed on the web page itself
<body></body>	Sets off the visible portion of the document

<body bgcolor="pink">	Sets the background color, using name or hex value
<body text="black">	Sets the text color, using name or hex value
<body link="blue">	Sets the color of links, using name or hex value
<body vlink="#ff0000">	Sets the color of followed links, using name or hex value
<body alink="#00ff00">	Sets the color of links on click
<body ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false">	Disallows text selection with the mouse and keyboard

<table></table>	Creates a table
<tr></tr>	Sets off each row in a table
<td></td>	Sets off each cell in a row
<th></th>	Sets off the table header (a normal cell with bold, centered text)

<table border="1">	Sets width of border around table cells
<table cellspacing="1">	Sets amount of space between table cells
<table cellpadding="1">	Sets amount of space between a cell’s border and its contents
<table width="500" or "80%">	Sets width of table, in pixels or as a percentage of document width
<tr align="left"> or <td align="left">	Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right)
<tr valign="top"> or <td valign="top">	Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom)
<td colspan="2">	Sets number of columns a cell should span (default=1)
<td rowspan="4">	Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1)
<td nowrap>	Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit

<pre></pre>	Creates preformatted text
<hl></hl>	Creates the largest headline
<h6></h6>	Creates the smallest headline
<b></b>	Creates bold text
<i></i>	Creates italic text
<tt></tt>	Creates teletype, or typewriter-style text
<cite></cite>	Creates a citation, usually italic
<em></em>	Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<strong></strong>	Emphasizes a word (with italic or bold)
<font size="3"></font>	Sets size of font, from 1 to 7
<font color="green"></font>	Sets font color, using name or hex value

<form></form>	Creates all forms
<select multiple name="NAME" size=?></select>	Creates a scrolling menu. Size sets the number of menu items visible before you need to scroll.
<option>	Sets off each menu item
<select name="NAME"></select>	Creates a pulldown menu
<option>	Sets off each menu item
<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea name>	Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.
<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">	Creates a checkbox. Text follows tag
<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">	Creates a radio button. Text follows tag
<input type="text" name="NAME" size=20>	Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.
<input type="submit" value="NAME">	Creates a Submit button
<button type="submit">Submit</button>	Creates an actual button that is clicked
<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">	Creates a Submit button using an image
<input type="reset">	Creates a Reset button

<a href="URL"></a>	Creates a hyperlink
<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>	Creates a mailto link
<a href="URL"><img src="URL"> </a>	Creates an image/link
<a name="NAME"></a>	Creates a target location within a document
<a href="#NAME"></a>	Links to that target location from elsewhere in the document

<frameset></frameset>	Replaces the <body> tag in a frames document; can also be nested in other framesets
<frameset rows="value,value">	Defines the rows within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width
<frameset cols="value,value">	Defines the columns within a frameset, using number in pixels, or percentage of width
<frame>	Defines a single frame — or region — within a frameset
<noframes></noframes>	Defines what will appear on browsers that don’t support frames

<frame src="URL">	Specifies which HTML document should be displayed
<frame name="name">	Names the frame, or region, so it may be targeted by other frames
<frame marginwidth="value">	Defines the left and right margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1
<frame marginheight="value">	Defines the top and bottom margins for the frame; must be equal to or greater than 1
<frame scrolling="value">	Sets whether the frame has a scrollbar; value may equal “yes,” “no,” or “auto.” The default, as in ordinary documents, is auto
<frame noresize="noresize">	Prevents the user from resizing a frame

<p></p>	Creates a new paragraph
<p align="left">	Aligns a paragraph to the left (default), right, or center.
<br>	Inserts a line break
<blockquote></blockquote>	Indents text from both sides
<dl></dl>	Creates a definition list
<dt>	Precedes each definition term
<dd>	Precedes each definition
<ol></ol>	Creates a numbered list
<ul></ul>	Creates a bulleted list
<li></li>	Precedes each list item, and adds a number or symbol depending upon the type of list selected
<div align="left">	A generic tag used to format large blocks of HTML, also used for stylesheets
<img src="name">	Adds an image
<img src="name" align="left">	Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle
<img src="name" border="1">	Sets size of border around an image
<hr />	Inserts a horizontal rule
<hr size="3" />	Sets size (height) of rule
<hr width="80%" />	Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value
<hr noshade />	Creates a rule without a shadow

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