The following table lists all the HTML tags
and their attributes available with Homepage Builder.
Asterisks (*) are attached to tags and attributes
that are not defined in HTML 4.0.
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If you open a Web page in which tags or attributes other than the following are embedded, Homepage Builder issues either of the following error messages: "Unknown tag" or "The attribute is invalid." |
Tag | Generic attribute group (Note 1) | Description | Editing on the Normal pane
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Displaying on the Normal pane (Note 3)
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Attribute | Attribute value | ||||
A | core, internationalization, event | anchor | F | F | |
charset | char encoding of linked resource | N | N/A | ||
type | content type | N | N/A | ||
name | label | F | N/A | ||
href | URL for linked resource | F | F | ||
href | language code | N | N/A | ||
target | target | F | N/A | ||
rel | link destination type | N | N/A | ||
rev | link source type | N | N/A | ||
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N/A | ||
shape | rect | type of drawing | N | N/A | |
coords | for use with client-side image maps | N | N/A | ||
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | F | N/A | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | F | N/A | ||
ABBR | core, internationalization, event | abbreviated form | N | F | |
ACRONYM | core, internationalization, event | acronym | N | F | |
ADDRESS | core, internationalization, event | information on author | F | F | |
APPLET | core | Java applet | F | F | |
codebase | optional base URL for applet | F | N/A | ||
archive | archive list | N | N/A | ||
code | applet class file | F | N/A | ||
object | serialized applet file | N | N/A | ||
alt | short description | F | N/A | ||
name | name | N | N/A | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
height | height | F | F | ||
align | top, middle, bottom, left, right |
vertical or horizontal alignment | F | F | |
hspace | horizontal gutter | F | F | ||
vspace | vertical space | F | F | ||
AREA | core, internationalization, event | client-side image map area | F | N/A | |
shape | rect, circle, poly | type of drawing | F | N/A | |
coords | comma-separated list of lengths | F | N/A | ||
href | URL for linked resource | F | N/A | ||
target | target | F | N/A | ||
nohref | no URL | N | N/A | ||
alt | short description | F | N/A | ||
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N/A | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | N | N/A | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | N | N/A | ||
B | core, internationalization, event | bold text style | F | F | |
BASE | document base URL | F | N/A | ||
href | base URL | F | N/A | ||
target | predetermined value of target | F | N/A | ||
BASEFONT | base font size | N | N | ||
id | style ID | N | N | ||
size | size | N | N | ||
color | text color | N | N | ||
face | comma-separated list of font names | N | N | ||
BDO | core, internationalization | directionality | N | N | |
BIG | core, internationalization, event | large text style | N | F | |
BLINK * | core, internationalization, event | blinking | F | F (Note 4) | |
BLOCKQUOTE | core, internationalization, event | long quotation | F | F | |
cite | quotation source | N | N/A | ||
BODY | core, internationalization, event | document body | F | F | |
onload | action when the document has been loaded | F | N/A | ||
onunload | action when the document has been removed | F | N/A | ||
background | background image | F | F | ||
bgcolor | background color | F | F | ||
text | text color | F | F | ||
link | color of links | F | F | ||
vlink | previously read link color | F | N/A | ||
alink | color of selected links | F | N/A | ||
BR | core | forced line break | F | F | |
clear | left, all, right, none | control of text flow | F | F | |
BUTTON | core, internationalization, event | push button | F | F | |
name | name | F | N/A | ||
value | value | F | N/A | ||
type | button, submit, reset | type | F | N/A | |
disabled | disabled | unavailable in this context | F | F | |
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N/A | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | F | N/A | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | F | N/A | ||
CAPTION | core, internationalization, event | table caption | F | F | |
align | top, bottom, left, right | alignment | F | F | |
CENTER | core, internationalization, event | center | F | F | |
CITE | core, internationalization, event | citation | F | F | |
CODE | core, internationalization, event | computer code fragment | F | F | |
COL | core, internationalization, event | table column | N | N | |
span | number of columns | N | N | ||
width | width | N | N | ||
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | N | N | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | N | N | |
COLGROUP | core, internationalization, event | table column group | N | N | |
span | number of columns | N | N | ||
width | width | N | N | ||
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | N | N | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | N | N | |
DD | core, internationalization, event | definition description | F | F | |
DEL | core, internationalization, event | deleted text | N | N | |
cite | comment | N | N/A | ||
datetime | date and time of change | N | N/A | ||
DFN | core, internationalization, event | definition description | F | F | |
DIR | core, internationalization, event | directory list | N | F | |
compact | compact | compact | N | N | |
DIV | core, internationalization, event | layout container | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
DL | core, internationalization, event | definition list | F | F | |
compact | compact | reduced interitem spacing | N | N | |
DT | core, internationalization, event | definition term | F | F | |
EM | core, internationalization, event | emphasis | F | F | |
EMBED * | core, event | plug-in | F | F | |
src | object | F | N/A | ||
height | height | F | F | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
align | alignment | F | F | ||
hspace | horizontal gutter | F | F | ||
vspace | vertical space | F | F | ||
loop | loop | N | N/A | ||
hidden | hidden | N | N | ||
volume | volume | N | N/A | ||
autost | auto-start | N | N/A | ||
repeat | repeat | N | N/A | ||
panel | panel | N | N | ||
text | title | N | N | ||
palette | palette | N | N | ||
textfocus | focus | N | N/A | ||
FIELDSET | core, internationalization, event | input field group | N | N | |
FONT | core, internationalization | font | F | F | |
size | size | F | F | ||
color | text color | F | F | ||
face | comma-separated list of font names | F | F | ||
FORM | core, internationalization, event | interactive form | F | F | |
action | server-side form handler | F | N/A | ||
method | GET, POST | HTTP method used to submit the form | F | N/A | |
enctype | type of encoding | F | N/A | ||
onsubmit | action when the form is submitted | F | N/A | ||
onreset | action when the form is reset | F | N/A | ||
target | target | F | N/A | ||
accept-charset | list of supported character sets | N | N/A | ||
FRAME | core | subwindow | F | F | |
longdesc | link to long description | N | N/A | ||
name | frame name | F | N/A | ||
src | URL such as file name | F | F | ||
frameborder | 1, 0 | border | N | N/A | |
marginwidth | margin width in pixels | F | N | ||
marginheight | margin height in pixels | F | N | ||
noresize | noresize | does not allow users to resize frames | F | N | |
scrolling | yes, no, auto | scroll bar | F | N | |
FRAMESET | core | window subdivision | F | F | |
rows | number of up-down divisions | F | F | ||
cols | number of left-right divisions | F | F | ||
onload | action when all the frames have been loaded | N | N/A | ||
onunload | action when all the frames have been removed | N | N/A | ||
frameborder * | display of borders | F | P (Note 6) | ||
border * | border width | F | P (Note 6) | ||
H1 | core, internationalization, event | heading 1 | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
H2 | core, internationalization, event | heading 2 | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
H3 | core, internationalization, event | heading 3 | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
H4 | core, internationalization, event | heading 4 | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
H5 | core, internationalization, event | heading 5 | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
H6 | core, internationalization, event | heading 6 | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
HEAD | internationalization | document head | F | N/A | |
profile | named dictionary of meta-information | N | N/A | ||
HR | core, event | horizontal rule | F | F | |
align | left, center, right | alignment | F | F | |
noshade | noshade | no shading | F | F | |
size | thickness | F | F | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
HTML | internationalization | HTML document | F | N/A | |
version | version | N | N/A | ||
I | core, internationalization, event | italic text style | F | F | |
IFRAME | core | inline subwindow | N | N | |
longdesc | detailed explanation | N | N | ||
name | frame name | N | N | ||
src | URL such as file name | N | N | ||
frameborder | 1, 0 | border | N | N | |
marginwidth | margin width in pixels | N | N | ||
marginheight | margin height in pixels | N | N | ||
scrolling | yes, not, auto | scroll bar | N | N | |
align | top, middle, bottom, left, right |
vertical or horizontal alignment | N | N | |
height | height | N | N | ||
width | width | N | N | ||
IMG | core, internationalization, event | image | F | F | |
src | file name | F | F | ||
alt | short description | F | N/A | ||
longdesc | detailed explanation | N | N/A | ||
height | height | F | F | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
usemap | CSIM map name | F | N/A | ||
ismap | ismap | use of server-side image map | F | N/A | |
align | top, middle, bottom, left, right |
vertical or horizontal alignment | F | F | |
border | border width | F | F | ||
hspace | horizontal gutter | F | F | ||
vspace | vertical space | F | F | ||
name * | name | N | N/A | ||
INPUT | core, internationalization, event | input field | F | F | |
type | text, password, checkbox, radio, submit, reset, file, hidden, image, button |
type | P (Note 7) | P (Note 7) | |
name | name | F | N/A | ||
value | value | F | F | ||
checked | checkeds | elected radio buttons and check boxes | F | F | |
disabled | disabled | unavailable in this context | F | N | |
readonly | readonly | no entry possible | F | N/A | |
size | number of columns | F | F | ||
maxlength | maximum characters for text fields | F | F | ||
src | image file name | F | F | ||
alt | short description | F | N/A | ||
usemap | CSIM map name | N | N/A | ||
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N/A | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | F | N/A | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | F | N/A | ||
onselect | action when some text is selected | F | N/A | ||
onchange | action when the element value is changed | F | N/A | ||
accept | list of MIME types for file upload | N | N/A | ||
align | top, middle, bottom, left, right |
vertical or horizontal alignment | N | N | |
INS | core, internationalization, event | inserted text | N | N | |
cite | comment | N | N | ||
datetime | date and time | N | N | ||
ISINDEX | core, internationalization | index search | N | N | |
prompt | prompt message | N | N | ||
KBD | core, internationalization, event | text to be entered by the user | F | F | |
LABEL | core, internationalization, event | label of input field | N | N | |
for | ID for input field | N | N | ||
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | N | N | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | N | N | ||
LEGEND | core, internationalization, event | fieldset legend | N | N | |
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N | ||
align | top, bottom, left, right | alignment | N | N | |
LI | core, internationalization, event | list item | F | F | |
type | 1, a, A, i, I, disc, square, circle |
type | F | F | |
value | number | F | F | ||
LINK | core, internationalization, event | a media-independent link | F | N/A | |
charset | encoding of link destination text | N | N/A | ||
href | URL for linked resource | F | N/A | ||
hreflang | language code | N | N/A | ||
type | content type | N | N/A | ||
rel | link destination type | N | N/A | ||
rev | link source type | N | N/A | ||
media | media | N | N/A | ||
target | target | N | N/A | ||
MAP | core, internationalization, event | client-side image map | F | N/A | |
name | map name | F | N/A | ||
MENU | core, internationalization, event | menu list | N | F | |
compact | compact | compact | N | N | |
META | internationalization | generic meta-information | F | N/A | |
http-equiv | HTTP response header name | F | N/A | ||
name | NAME item | F | N/A | ||
content | associated information | F | N/A | ||
scheme | scheme | N | N/A | ||
NOFRAMES | core, internationalization, event | alternate content container for non-frame-based rendering | F | F | |
NOSCRIPT | core, internationalization, event | alternate content container for non-script-based rendering | N | N | |
OBJECT | core, internationalization, event | generic embedded object | F | F | |
declare | declare | declaration | N | N/A | |
classid | object | F | N/A | ||
codebase | base URL for classid, data, archive | F | N/A | ||
data | reference to object's data | F | N/A | ||
type | data type | F | N/A | ||
codetype | content type for code | F | N/A | ||
archive | archive list | F | N/A | ||
standby | standby character | F | N/A | ||
height | height | F | F | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
usemap | CSIM map name | N | N/A | ||
name | name | N | N/A | ||
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
align | top, middle, bottom, left, right |
vertical or horizontal alignment | F | F | |
border | border width | F | F | ||
hspace | horizontal gutter | F | F | ||
vspace | vertical space | F | F | ||
OL | core, internationalization, event | ordered list | F | F | |
type | 1, a, A, i, I | item type | F | F | |
compact | compact | reduced interitem spacing | N | N | |
start | starting number | F | F | ||
OPTGROUP | core, internationalization, event | option group | N | N | |
disabled | disabled | unavailable in this context | N | N | |
label | label | N | N | ||
OPTION | core, internationalization, event | selectable choice | F | F | |
selected | selected | selected | F | F | |
disabled | disabled | unavailable in this context | N | F | |
label | label | N | N/A | ||
value | value | F | F | ||
P | core, internationalization, event | paragraph | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify |
alignment | P (Note 5) | P (Note 5) | |
PARAM | named property value | F | N/A | ||
id | ID | N | N/A | ||
name | name | F | N/A | ||
value | value | F | N/A | ||
valuetype | DATA, REF, OBJECT | type of value | N | N/A | |
type | content type | N | N/A | ||
PRE | core, internationalization, event | preformatted text | F | F | |
width | maximum number of characters in a line | N | N | ||
Q | core, internationalization, event | short inline quotation | N | N | |
cite | quotation source | N | N | ||
S | core, internationalization, event | strike-through text style | F | F | |
SAMP | core, internationalization, event | sample program output, scripts, and so on | F | F | |
SCRIPT | script statements | F | F | ||
charset | character encoding for external file | N | N/A | ||
type | content type | N | N/A | ||
language | language | F | N/A | ||
src | external file name | F | N/A | ||
defer | defer | defer | N | N/A | |
event | (unused) | N | N/A | ||
for | (unused) | N | N/A | ||
SELECT | core, internationalization, event | option selector | F | F | |
name | name | F | N/A | ||
size | number of rows | F | F | ||
multiple | multiple | multiple selection permitted (default is single selection) | F | F | |
disabled | disabled | unavailable in this context | F | F | |
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | F | N/A | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | F | N/A | ||
onchange | action when the element value is changed | F | N/A | ||
SMALL | core, internationalization, event | small text style | N | F | |
SPAN | core, internationalization, event | style container | N | F | |
STRIKE | core, internationalization, event | strike-through text | N | F | |
STRONG STYLE |
core, internationalization, event | strong emphasis | F | F | |
internationalization | style info | F | F | ||
type | content type | N | N/A | ||
media | media | N | N/A | ||
title | title | N | N/A | ||
SUB | core, internationalization, event | subscript | F | F | |
SUP | core, internationalization, event | superscript | F | F | |
TABLE | core, internationalization, event | table | F | F | |
summary | summary | N | N | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
border | border width | F | F | ||
frame | void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border |
type of border | N | N | |
rules | none, groups, rows, cols, all |
type of ruled line | N | N | |
cellspacing | spacing between cells | F | F | ||
cellpadding | spacing within cells | F | F | ||
align | left, center, right | table position relative to window | F | F | |
bgcolor | background color | F | F | ||
datapagesize | (unused) | N | N | ||
height * | height | F | F | ||
background * | background image | F | F | ||
TBODY | core, internationalization, event | table body | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | N | P (Note 5) | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | N | P (Note 8) | |
TD | core, internationalization, event | table data cell | F | F | |
abbr | abbreviation for header cell | N | N/A | ||
axis | names groups of related headers | N | N/A | ||
headers | header cell ID | N | N/A | ||
scope | header cell scope | N | N/A | ||
rowspan | number of rows spanned by cell | F | F | ||
colspan | number of columns spanned by cell | F | F | ||
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | P (Note 9) | P (Note 9) | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | P (Note 8) | P (Note 8) | |
nowrap | nowrap | no automatic word wrap | F | F | |
bgcolor | background color | F | F | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
height | height | F | F | ||
background * | texture tile for document background | F | F | ||
TEXTAREA | core, internationalization, event | multi-line text field | F | F | |
name | name | F | N/A | ||
rows | number of rows | F | F | ||
cols | number of columns | F | F | ||
disabled | disabled | unavailable in this context | F | N | |
readonly | readonly | no entry possible | F | N/A | |
tabindex | tab index | N | N/A | ||
accesskey | accessibility key character | N | N/A | ||
onfocus | action when the element gets the focus | F | N/A | ||
onblur | action when focus lost | F | N/A | ||
onselect | action when some text is selected | F | N/A | ||
onchange | action when the element value is changed | F | N/A | ||
TFOOT | core, internationalization, event | table footer | N | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | N | P (Note 9) | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | N | F | |
TH | core, internationalization, event | table header cell | F | F | |
abbr | abbreviation for header cell | N | N/A | ||
axis | header cell group | N | N/A | ||
headers | header cell ID | N | N/A | ||
scope | header cell scope | N | N/A | ||
rowspan | number of rows spanned by cell | F | F | ||
colspan | number of columns spanned by cell | F | F | ||
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | P (Note 9) | P (Note 9) | |
char | alignment character | N | N/A | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N/A | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
Vertical position alignment | P (Note 8) | P (Note 8) | |
nowrap | nowrap | no automatic word wrap | F | F | |
bgcolor | background color | F | F | ||
width | width | F | F | ||
height | height | F | F | ||
background * | background image | F | F | ||
THEAD | Dcore, internationalization, event | table header | N | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | N | P (Note 9) | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | N | P (Note 8) | |
TITLE | internationalization | document title | F | F | |
TR | core, internationalization, event | table row | F | F | |
align | left, center, right, justify, char |
horizontal alignment | P (Note 9) | P (Note 9) | |
char | alignment character | N | N | ||
charoff | offset for alignment character | N | N | ||
valign | top, middle, bottom, baseline |
vertical alignment | P (Note 8) | P (Note 8) | |
bgcolor | background color | F | F | ||
background * | background image | F | F | ||
TT | core, internationalization, event | teletype or monospaced text style | F | F | |
U | core, internationalization, event | underlined text style | F | F | |
UL | core, internationalization, event | unordered list | F | F | |
type | disk, square, circle | item type | F | F | |
compact | compact | reduced interitem spacing | N | N | |
VAR | core, internationalization, event | instance of a variable or program argument | F | F |
Notes:
The following table lists the attributes
included in the three attribute groups core, internationalization, and event.
Attribute group | Attribute | Description | Editing on the Normal pane
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Displaying on the Normal pane
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core | id | document-wide unique ID | F | F |
class | space-separated list of classes | F | F | |
style | style information | F | F | |
title | advisory title or amplification | N | N/A | |
internationalization | lang | language code | N | N/A |
dir | direction for weak or neutral text | N | N/A | |
event | onclick | action when a mouse button is clicked | F | N/A |
ondblclick | action when a mouse button is double-clicked | F | N/A | |
onmousedown | action when a mouse button is pressed down | F | N/A | |
onmouseup | action when a mouse button is released | F | N/A | |
onmouseover | action when a mouse pointer is moved onto | F | N/A | |
onmousemove | action when a mouse pointer is moved within | F | N/A | |
onmouseout | action when a mouse pointer is moved away | F | N/A | |
onkeypress | action when a key is pressed and released | F | N/A | |
onkeydown | action when a key is pressed down | F | N/A | |
onkeyup | action when a key is released | F | N/A |