HTML tags sorted by Navigator releases

This document lists HTML tags supported by Netscape Navigator. The tags are grouped by the Navigator release that made them available.

If additional attributes were introduced in later releases, those attributes are listed after the tags. Each attribute name is followed by the related Navigator release number.

Navigator 1.0

A (anchor or link)

TARGET="WindowName" Navigator 2.0

ADDRESS (format as address)

AREA (client-side image maps)

TARGET="WindowName" Navigator 2.0

B (boldface)

BASE (set base URL)

BASEFONT (set default font size)

SIZE="fontSize" Navigator 1.1

BLINK (make text blink)

BLOCKQUOTE (indent block of text)

BODY (main content of document)

BACKGROUND="bgURL" Navigator 1.1.
BGCOLOR="color" Navigator 1.1

BR (line break)

CLEAR Navigator 1.1

CITE (citation)

CODE (program code text)

DD (definition description)

DIR (directory lists)deprecated

DL (definition list)

DT (definition term)

EM (emphasize text)

FORM(create form)

TARGET="WindowName" Navigator 2.0

FRAME (create an independent window region)

BORDERCOLOR="color" Navigator 3.0
FRAMEBORDER Navigator 3.0

FRAMESET (define a group of frames)

BORDER="pixWidth"Navigator 3.0
BORDERCOLOR="color" Navigator 3.0
FRAMEBORDER Navigator 3.0
ONBLUR="blurJScode" Navigator 3.0
ONFOCUS="focusJScode" Navigator 3.0

H1 through H6 (standard headings)

HEAD (define document header)

HR (horizontal rule)

ALIGN Navigator 1.1
NOSHADE Navigator 1.1
SIZE="pixThick" Navigator 1.1
WIDTH="pixPct" Navigator 1.1

HTML (outermost tag)

I (italic)

IMG (insert image)

ALIGN Navigator 1.1

ABSMIDDLE Navigator 3.0
ABSBOTTOM Navigator 3.0
TEXTTOP Navigator 3.0
MIDDLE Navigator 3.0
BASELINE Navigator 3.0

BORDER Navigator 1.1
HEIGHT Navigator 1.1
HSPACE Navigator 1.1
SUPPRESS Communicator
VSPACE Navigator 1.1
WIDTH Navigator 1.1

INPUT (create input elements in a form)

TYPE=IMAGE Navigator 1.1

ALIGN Navigator 1.1

ABSMIDDLE Navigator 3.0
ABSBOTTOM Navigator 3.0
TEXTTOP Navigator 3.0
MIDDLE Navigator 3.0
BASELINE Navigator 3.0

ISINDEX (indicate presence of searchable index)

PROMPT="text" Navigator 1.1

KBD (keyboard text)

KEYGEN (generate key material)

LI (list item)

MAP (define client-side image map)

MENU (list of simple items)

META (meta-document information)

CONTENT="FieldContent" Navigator 1.1

MULTICOL (multiple column formatting)

NOEMBED (alternate text for plug-ins)

NOFRAMES (alternate text for frames)

OL (ordered list)

OPTION (option in a SELECT list)

P (paragraph)

ALIGN Navigator 1.1

PARAM (parameter for an applet)

PLAINTEXT (display rest of document as-is) deprecated, replaced by PRE

PRE (preformatted text, fixed-width font, no join)

SAMP (insert sample)

SCRIPT (client-side JavaScript code)

LANGUAGE="LanguageName" Navigator 3.0
SRC="Location" Navigator 3.0

SELECT (selection list on a form)

SERVER (run a LiveWire script)

STRONG (strong emphasis)

TEXTAREA (text field on a form)

WRAP Navigator 2.0

TITLE (document title)

TT (type writer font)

UL (unordered list)

TYPE Navigator 1.1

XMP (sequence of literal characters)

Navigator 1.1

CAPTION (display table caption)

CENTER (center a block of text)

FONT (change color, face, size)

COLOR="color" Navigator 2.0
FACE="fontlist" Navigator 3.0
POINT-SIZE="size" Communicator 4.0
WEIGHT="fontWeight" Communicator 4.0

TABLE (define a table)

BGCOLOR="color" Navigator 3.0
COLS="n" Communicator 4.0

TD (table data)

BGCOLOR ="value" Navigator 3.0

TH (table heading)

BGCOLOR="color" Navigator 3.0

TR (table row)

BGCOLOR="color" Navigator 3.0

WBR (word break)

Navigator 2.0

APPLET (Java applet)

ALIGN

ABSMIDDLE Navigator 3.0
ABSBOTTOM Navigator 3.0
TEXTTOP Navigator 3.0
MIDDLE Navigator 3.0
BASELINE Navigator 3.0

ALT="alternateText" Navigator 3.0
ARCHIVE="archiveURL" Navigator 3.0
MAYSCRIPT Navigator 3.0

BIG (increase font size)

DIV (section of a document)

EMBED (insert object)

SMALL (decrease font size)

SUB (display as subscript)

SUP (display as superscript)

Navigator 3.0

NOSCRIPT (alternate text for JavaScript)

S (strikeout type)

SPACER (horizontal and vertical spacing)

STRIKE (strikeout type)

U (underline)

Universal Attributes

Because most tags can use the following attributes, they are listed here instead of with each tag.

CLAS=S identifies and specifies the characteristics of the element.
I=D associates a location in the text with a style sheet.
LAN=G indicates the language of the text element in the HTML file.

Communicator 4.0

ILAYER (layer that follows the natural flow of the page)

LAYER (define and position layers)

LINK (link to an external style sheet)

NOLAYER (surround content that is ignored by Communicator)

SPAN (specify text for style application)

STYLE (define styles for specified elements)

Universal Attributes

Because most tags can use the following attributes, they are listed here instead of with each tag.

CLASS="classType" specifes to which class of style an element belongs.
STYLE="style" determines a style for a specific element.
ID="keyword" allows expression of particular stylistic exceptions.

Links (back/forward) to:

WWW Manual for the AIUB - HPAM
local HTML Tag Reference created by Netscape
Netscape Navigator/Communicator homepage
Astronomische Institute der Universität Bonn (AIUB)

Last update: 25th August, 1998

Jochen M. Braun (responsible for slight adaptions, not for the content of this document)
(E-Mail: jbraun@astro.uni-bonn.de)