HTML Cheat Sheet

This HTML quick reference cheat sheet lists the common HTML and HTML5 tags in readable layout.

HTML meta Tags

Geotagging

<meta name="ICBM" content="45.416667,-75.7"> <meta name="geo.position" content="45.416667;-75.7"> <meta name="geo.region" content="ca-on"> <meta name="geo.placename" content="Ottawa"> 

See: Geotagging

Twitter Cards

<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@FechinLi"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="HTML cheatsheet"> <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://quickref.me/html"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Description of this page"> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://xxx.com/image.jpg"> 

See: Twitter Card Documentation

Open Graph

<meta property="og:type" content="website"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en\_CA"> <meta property="og:title" content="HTML cheatsheet"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://quickref.me/html"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://xxx.com/image.jpg"> <meta property="og:site\_name" content="Name of your website"> <meta property="og:description" content="Description of this page"> 

Used by Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc.

Meta tags

The meta tag describes meta data within an HTML document. It explains additional material about the HTML.

<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<!-- title --> <title>···</title> <meta property="og:title" content="···"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="···"> 

<!-- url --> <link rel="canonical" href="https://···"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://···"> <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://···"> 

<!-- description --> <meta name="description" content="···"> <meta property="og:description" content="···"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="···"> 

<!-- image --> <meta property="og:image" content="https://···"> <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://···"> 

<!-- ua --> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1"> 

<!-- viewport --> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1024"> 

HTML input Tags

Input CSS selectors

input:focus When its keyboard focused
See: Input pseudo classes

Input types

type="checkbox"
type="radio"
type="file"
type="hidden"
type="text"
type="password"
type="image"
type="reset"
type="button" Button
type="submit"

#New Input Types in HTML5

type="color"
type="date"
type="time"
type="month"
type="datetime-local"
type="week"
type="email"
type="tel"
type="url"
type="number"
type="search"
type="range"

Input Attributes

The input tag is an empty element, identifying the particular type of field information to obtain from a user.

<input type="text" name="?" value="?" minlength="6" required /> 

-
type="…" The type of data that is being input
value="…" Default value
name="…" Used to describe this data in the HTTP request
id="…" Unique identifier that other HTML elements
readonly Stops the user from modifying
disabled Stops any interaction
checked The radio or checkbox select or not
required Being compulsory, See required
placeholder="…" Adds a temporary, See ::placeholder
autocomplete="off" Disable auto completion
autocapitalize="none" Disable auto capitalization
inputmode="…" Display a specific keyboard, See inputmode
list="…" The id of an associated datalist
maxlength="…" Maximum number of characters
minlength="…" Minimum number of characters
min="…" Minimum numerical value on range & number
max="…" Maximum numerical value on range & number
step="…" How the number will increment in range & number
pattern="…" Specifies a Regular expression, See pattern
autofocus Be focused
spellcheck Perform spell checking
multiple Whether to allow multiple values
accept="" Expected file type in file upload controls
Also see: Attributes for the element

HTML Forms

Submit and Reset Buttons

<form action="register.php" method="post"> <label for="foo">Name:</label> <input type="text" name="name" id="foo"> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> <input type="reset" value="Reset"> </form> 

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Name: Submit the data to server; Reset to default values

Datalist tags(HTML5)

<label for="b">Choose a browser: </label> <input list="list" id="b" name="browser"/> <datalist id="list"> <option value="Chrome"> <option value="Firefox"> <option value="Internet Explorer"> <option value="Opera"> <option value="Safari"> <option value="Microsoft Edge"> </datalist> 

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Choose a browser:

Fieldset tags

<fieldset> <legend>Your favorite monster</legend> <input type="radio" id="kra" name="m"> <label for="kraken">Kraken</label><br/> <input type="radio" id="sas" name="m"> <label for="sas">Sasquatch</label> </fieldset> 

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Your favorite monster Kraken
Sasquatch

Select tags

<label for="city">City:</label> <select name="city" id="city"> <option value="1">Sydney</option> <option value="2">Melbourne</option> <option value="3">Cromwell</option> </select> 

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City: Sydney Melbourne Cromwell A select box is a dropdown list of options

Checkboxes

<input type="checkbox" name="s" id="soc"> <label for="soc">Soccer</label> <input type="checkbox" name="s" id="bas"> <label for="bas">Baseball</label> 

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Soccer Baseball Checkboxes allows the user to select one or more

Radio Buttons

<input type="radio" name="gender" id="m"> <label for="m">Male</label> <input type="radio" name="gender" id="f"> <label for="f">Female</label> 

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Male Female Radio buttons are used to let the user select exactly one

Textarea tags

<textarea rows="2" cols="30" name="address" id="address"></textarea> 

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Textarea is a multiple-line text input control

Input tags

<label for="Name">Name:</label> <input type="text" name="Name" id=""> 

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Username: See: HTML input Tags

Label tags

<!-- Nested label --> <label>Click me <input type="text" id="user" name="name"/> </label> 

<!-- 'for' attribute --> <label for="user">Click me</label> <input id="user" type="text" name="name"/> 

for in a label references an input's id attribute

Form Attribute

Attribute Description
name Name of form for scripting
action URL of form script
method HTTP method, POST / GET (default)
enctype Media type, See enctype
onsubmit Runs when the form was submit
onreset Runs when the form was reset

Form tags

<form method="POST" action="api/login"> <label for="mail">Email: </label> <input type="email" id="mail" name="mail"> <br/> <label for="pw">Password: </label> <input type="password" id="pw" name="pw"> <br/> <input type="submit" value="Login"> <br/> <input type="checkbox" id="ck" name="ck"> <label for="ck">Remember me</label> </form> 

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Email:

Password:

Remember me The HTML <form> element is used to collect and send information to an external source.

HTML Lists

Definition list

<dl> <dt>A Term</dt> <dd>Definition of a term</dd> <dt>Another Term</dt> <dd>Definition of another term</dd> </dl> 

See: The Description List element

Ordered list

<ol> <li>I'm the first item</li> <li>I'm the second item</li> <li>I'm the third item</li> </ol> 

See: The Ordered List element

Unordered list

<ul> <li>I'm an item</li> <li>I'm another item</li> <li>I'm another item</li> </ul> 

See: The Unordered List element

HTML Tables

<th> Attributes

Attribute Description
colspan Number of columns a cell should span
headers One or more header cells a cell is related to
rowspan Number of rows a cell should span
abbr Description of the cell's content
scope The header element relates to
See: th#Attributes

<td> Attributes

Attribute Description
colspan Number of columns a cell should span
headers One or more header cells a cell is related to
rowspan Number of rows a cell should span
See: td#Attributes

HTML Table Tags

Tag Description
Defines a table
Defines a header cell in a table
Defines a row in a table
Defines a cell in a table
Defines a table caption
Defines a group of columns
Defines a column within a table
Groups the header content
Groups the body content
Groups the footer content

Table Example

<table> <thead> <tr> <td>name</td> <td>age</td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Roberta</td> <td>39</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oliver</td> <td>25</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 

HTML5 Tags

article Content that’s independent
aside Secondary content
audio Embeds a sound, or an audio stream
bdi The Bidirectional Isolate element
canvas Draw graphics via JavaScript
data Machine readable content
datalist A set of pre-defined options
details Additional information
dialog A dialog box or sub-window
embed Embeds external application
figcaption A caption or legend for a figure
figure A figure illustrated
footer Footer or least important
header Masthead or important information
main The main content of the document
mark Text highlighted
meter A scalar value within a known range
nav A section of navigation links
output The result of a calculation
picture A container for multiple image sources
progress The completion progress of a task
rp Provides fall-back parenthesis
rt Defines the pronunciation of character
ruby Represents a ruby annotation
section A group in a series of related content
source Resources for the media elements
summary A summary for the
element
template Defines the fragments of HTML
time A time or date
track Text tracks for the media elements
video Embeds video
wbr A line break opportunity

HTML5 mark

<p>I Love <mark>QuickRef.ME</mark></p> 

I Love QuickRef.ME

HTML5 progress

<progress value="50" max="100"></progress> 

HTML5 kdi

<ul> <li>User <bdi>hrefs</bdi>: 60 points</li> <li>User <bdi>jdoe</bdi>: 80 points</li> <li>User <bdi>إيان</bdi>: 90 points</li> </ul> 

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  • User hrefs: 60 points
  • User jdoe: 80 points
  • User إيان: 90 points

HTML5 Ruby

<ruby> 汉 <rp>(</rp><rt>hÃ&nbsp;n</rt><rp>)</rp> 字 <rp>(</rp><rt>zì</rt><rp>)</rp> </ruby> 

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汉 (hàn) 字 (zì)

HTML5 Audio

<audio controls src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-audio/t-rex-roar.mp3"> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> 

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Your browser does not support the audio element.

HTML5 Video

<video controls="" width="100%"> <source src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.mp4" type="video/mp4"> Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. </video> 

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Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos.

Header Navigation

<header> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="#">Edit Page</a></li> <li><a href="#">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="#">Facebook</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> 

Document

<body> <header> <nav>...</nav> </header> <main> <h1>QuickRef.ME</h1> </main> <footer> <p>©2023 QuickRef.ME</p> </footer> </body> 

Getting Started

CSS in HTML

<style type="text/css"> h1 { color: purple; } </style> 

#External stylesheet

<head> ... <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"/> </head> 

JavaScript in HTML

<script type="text/javascript"> let text = "Hello QuickRef.ME"; alert(text); </script> 

#External JavaScript

<body> ... <script src="app.js"></script> </body> 

Inline Frame

<iframe title="New York" width="342" height="306" id="gmap\_canvas" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=2880%20Broadway,%20New%20York&t=&z=13&ie=UTF8&iwloc=&output=embed" scrolling="no"> </iframe> 

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See: The Inline Frame element

Section Divisions

<div></div> Division or Section of Page Content
<span></span> Section of text within other content
<p></p> Paragraph of Text
<br> Line Break
<hr> Basic Horizontal Line
These are the tags used to divide your page up into sections

Headings

<h1> This is Heading 1 </h1> <h2> This is Heading 2 </h2> <h3> This is Heading 3 </h3> <h4> This is Heading 4 </h4> <h5> This is Heading 5 </h5> <h6> This is Heading 6 </h6> 

You should only have one h1 on your page

Text Formatting Tags

<b>Bold Text</b> <strong>This text is important</strong> <i>Italic Text</i> <em>This text is emphasized</em> <u>Underline Text</u> <pre>Pre-formatted Text</pre> <code>Source code</code> <del>Deleted text</del> <mark>Highlighted text (HTML5)</mark> <ins>Inserted text</ins> <sup>Makes text superscripted</sup> <sub>Makes text subscripted</sub> <small>Makes text smaller</small> <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> <blockquote>Text Block Quote</blockquote> 

Image Tag

<img loading="lazy" src="https://xxx.png" alt="Describe image here" width="400" height="400"> 

src Required, Image location *(URL
alt Describe of the image
width Width of the image
height Height of the image
loading How the browser should load
See: The Image Embed element

HTML link

<a href="https://quickref.me">QuickRef</a> <a href="mailto:[[email&nbsp;protected]](/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection)">Email</a> <a href="tel:+12345678">Call</a> <a href="sms:+12345678&body=ha%20ha">Msg</a> 

href The URL that the hyperlink points to
rel Relationship of the linked URL
target Link target location: _self, _blank, _top, _parent
See: The Attributes

Paragraph

<p>I'm from QuickRef.ME</p> <p>Share quick reference cheat sheet.</p> 

See: The Paragraph element

Comment

<!-- this is a comment --> <!-- Or you can comment out a large number of lines. --> 

hello.html

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>HTML5 Boilerplate</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello world, hello QuickRef.ME!</h1> </body> </html> 

Or try it out in the jsfiddle