HTML 4.01 Tags

Feature (tags)(attributes)

Sample

HTML

Desktop

IE6CE

Notes

Basic HTML data types x x

Global HTML document structure

<HTML> 3.2 x x

<HEAD> 3.2 x x

<TITLE> 3.2 x x

<META> 3.2 x x

<BODY> 3.2 x x

<DIV>

DIV

3.2

<SPAN> SPAN 4.0 x x

H4

3.2

ADDRESS

3.2

id 4.0 x x

class 4.0 x x

Language info and text direction

lang <p lang="es"> 4.0 x x

dir

Right-To-Left

4.0

<bdo> Right-To-Left 4.0 x x

Text

<EM> EM 3.2 x x

<STRONG> STRONG 3.2 x x

<DFN> DFN 3.2 x x

<CODE> CODE 3.2 x x

<SAMP> SAMP 3.2 x x

<KBD> KBD 3.2 x x

<VAR> VAR 3.2 x x

<CITE> CITE 3.2 x x

<ABBR> ABBR 4.0 - - IE doesn't support this

<ACRONYM> ACRONYM 4.0 x x

BLOCKQUOTE

3.2

<Q> Q 4.0 - - IE doesn't support this

<SUB> X_SUB 3.2 x x

<SUP> X^SUP 3.2 x x

<P>

3.2

<BR> BR 3.2 x x

<PRE>

PRE

3.2

<INS> INS 4.0 x x

<DEL> ~~DEL~~ 4.0 x x

Lists

<UL>

3.2

type=disc|circle|square

<OL>

3.2

type=A|a|I|i|1 (1:deprecated)

<LI>

3.2

type=A|a|I|i|1 (1:deprecated)

<DL>

DL

3.2

<DT>

DT

3.2

<DD>

DT: DD

3.2

<DIR> DIR 3.2d x x should use <UL>

<MENU> MENU 3.2d x x should use <UL>

Tables

<TABLE>

TABLE

3.2

CAPTION
Cell.1	Cell.2

3.2

<THEAD>

TFOOT
THEAD
TBODY

4.0

<TFOOT>

TFOOT

4.0

<TBODY>



TBODY

4.0

4.0

<COL>

4.0

align="char" not supported

<TR>

3.2

<TH>

TH
TD

3.2

<TD>

3.2

Links

<A> A href 3.2 x x

<LINK> 3.2 x x

<BASE> <base href="http://forest-one/" /> 3.2 x x

Objects, Images, Applets

<IMG> 3.2 x x

<OBJECT> 4.0 x x

<PARAM> 4.0 x x

<APPLET> APPLET 3.2d x x CE needs JVM on the device.

<MAP> 3.2 x x

<AREA> same as above 3.2 x x

Style Sheets

<STYLE> 3.2 x x

Alignment, font styles, horizontal rules

bgcolor=color 3.2d x x

align=left|center|right|justify 3.2d x x

clear=none|left|right|all 3.2d x x

<TT> TT 3.2 x x

<I> I 3.2 x x

<B> B 3.2 x x

<BIG> BIG 3.2 x x

<STRIKE> ~~STRIKE~~ 3.2d x x deprecated, use CSS

<S> S 3.2d x x deprecated, use CSS

<U> U 3.2d x x

<FONT> FONT 3.2d x x

<BASEFONT> BASEFONT 3.2d x x

<HR>

3.2

Frames

<FRAMESET> 4.0 x x

<FRAME> 4.0 x x

<NOFRAMES> 4.0 x x

<IFRAME> 4.0 x x

Forms

<INPUT TYPE=text> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=password> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=checkbox> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=radio> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=reset> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=submit> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=file> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=image> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=hidden> 3.2 x x

<INPUT TYPE=button> 3.2 x x

<BUTTON> 4.0 x x type=submit|button|reset

<SELECT> 3.2 x x

<OPTGROUP> 4.0 x - CE OS does not support this

<OPTION> 3.2 x x

<TEXTAREA> TEXTAREA 3.2 x x

<ISINDEX> 3.2d x x

<LABEL> LABEL 4.0 x x Clicking LABEL should focus to TEXTAREA.

FIELDSET

4.0

LEGEND

4.0

<FORM>

3.2

Scripts

<SCRIPT> 3.2 x x

<NOSCRIPT> 4.0 x x

Obsolete/Deprecate Elements since 4.0

<LISTING> LISTING
ABCDEFG 3.2x x x should use <PRE>

<PLAINTEXT> 3.2x x x

<XMP> 3.2x x x should use <PRE>

<CENTER> CENTER 3.2d x x deprecated, use CSS

Other Tags (IE Extensions, etc)

3.2 x x

<!DOCTYPE> 3.2 x x

<RUBY> BaseRUBY x x

<RT> x x used w/ <RUBY> tag

<NOBR> NOBR x x

<MARQUEE> MARQUEE x x

<EMBED> x x

<CUSTOM> CUSTOMTAG:GREEN x x need <HTML XMLNS:CUSTOMTAG>

<COMMENT> This should not be displayed. x x

<BGSOUND> x x

*3.2x - obsolete in HTML 4.0
*3.2d - deprecated since HTML 4.0

Document Type Definition (HTML 4.01 Strict DTD)