HTML Cheat-Sheet

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Text Tags

 

<pre></pre>

Creates preformatted text

 

<h1></h1>

Creates the largest headline

 

<h6></h6>

Creates the smallest headline

 

<b></b>

Creates bold text

 

<u></u>

Creates underline text

 

<i></i>

Creates italic text

 

<font size=?></font>

Sets size of font, from 1 to 7

 

<font color=?></font>

Sets font color, using name or hex value

 

 


Links

 

<a href="URL"></a>

Creates a link

 

<a href="mailto:EMAIL"></a>

Creates a mailto 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

 

 


Formatting

 

<p></p>

Creates a new paragraph

 

<p align=?>

Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center

 

<br>

Inserts a line break

 

<blockquote>

</blockquote>

Indents text from both sides

 

<div></div>

Tag used to format a block of HTML.  Helpful in use with CSS.

 

<span></span>Used to format inline HTML, such as just a single word in a sentence.  Useful with CSS.

 

<dl></dl>

Creates a definition list

 

<dt>

Precedes each definition term

 

<dd>

Precedes each definition

 

<ol></ol>

Creates a numbered (ordered) list

 

<li></li>

Precedes each list item, and adds a number

 

<ul></ul>

Creates a bulleted (unordered) list

 

 


Graphical Elements

 

<img src="name">

Adds an image

 

<img src="name" align=?>

Aligns an image: left, right, center; bottom, top, middle

 

<img src="name" border=?>

Sets size of border around an image

 

<hr>

Inserts a horizontal rule

 

<hr size=?>

Sets size (height) of rule

 

<hr width=?>

Sets width of rule, in percentage or absolute value

 

<hr noshade>

Creates a rule without a shadow

 

 


Tables

 

<table></table>

Creates a table

 

<tr></tr>

Sets off each row in a table

 

<td></td>

Sets off each cell in a row

 


Table Attributes

 

<table border=#>

Sets width of border around table cells

 

<table cellspacing=#>

Sets amount of space between table cells

 

<table cellpadding=#>

Sets amount of space between a cell's border and its contents

 

<table width=# or %>

Sets width of table -in pixels or as a percentage of document width

 

<tr align=?> or <td align=?>

Sets alignment for cell(s) (left, center, or right)

 

<tr valign=?> or <td valign=?>

Sets vertical alignment for cell(s) (top, middle, or bottom)

 

<td colspan=#>

Sets number of columns a cell should span

 

<td rowspan=#>

Sets number of rows a cell should span (default=1)

 

<td nowrap>

Prevents the lines within a cell from being broken to fit

 

 


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

 

<textarea name="NAME" cols=40 rows=8></textarea>

Creates a text box area. Columns set the width; rows set the height.

 

<input type="checkbox" name="NAME">

Creates a check box. Text follows tag.

 

<input type="radio" name="NAME" value="x">

Creates a radio button. Text follows tag

 

<input type="text" name="foo" size=20>

Creates a one-line text area. Size sets length, in characters.

 

<input type="submit" value="NAME">

Creates a Submit button

 

<input type="image" border=0 name="NAME" src="name.gif">

Creates a Submit button using an image

 

<input type="reset">

Creates a Reset button

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