HTML Element
Introduction, Types of element with example
Introduction
The HTMLElement interface represents any HTML element.
The HTMLElement is an interface HTML DOM API.
An HTML element consists of an opening tag, content, and a closing tag.
Types of element
Structural Elements
<html>
It is the root element of an HTML document.
<head>
Contains metadata about the document.
<title>
Defines the document's title.
<style>
Contains style information of a document.
<body>
Contains all the visible elements of the document.
<script>
Contains script codes of the document.
<div>
Contains a set of nested elements in the document.
Modern HTML5 Building Block
<main>
There is only one main element and it is not a descendent of any other element
<header>
It contains the introductory content.
<nav>
This defines a set of important navigation links used within a document.
<section>
It provides a division of content within the document in terms of chapters, footers, headers, etc.
<aside>
This contains content that is slightly related to the primary content or acts as a highlighter to the main intent.
<article>
It represents the independent content of a web page.
<footer>
It contains the footer for the document.
Form Elements
<form>
This element is responsible for the creation of forms.
<input>
To take inputs from the users.
Know more about Input Element (Different Types of Input)
<label>
Used to define the caption of a particular input type.
<fieldset>
To group similar elements within a form.
<textarea>
Provides the users with a typing space wherein they can write some multi-line text.
<button>
The button element is an interactive element activated by a user.
Table Elements
<table>
This is the root element for creating a table.
<colgroup>
This element is used to group a set of columns to avoid repeated formatting.
<thead>
This element specifies the header of the HTML tables.
<tbody>
This element specifies the header body of the HTML tables.
<tfoot>
This element specifies the footer of the HTML tables.
<th>
Used to define the header column in a table.
<tr>
Used to define rows within an HTML table.
<td>
Used to specify the data within the columns of the table.
List Elements
<ul>
This element represents an unordered list of items, typically rendered as a bulleted list.
<ol>
This element represents an ordered list of items — typically rendered as a number or letter.
<li>
This element is used to represent an item in a list.
It must be contained in a parent element:
An ordered list <ol> or
An unordered list <ul>.
Content Elements
<h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6> Represent six levels of section headings.
<h1> is the highest section level and <h6> is the lowest.
<a>
The anchor tag is used to create hyperlinks within a web page.
<p>
Represents a paragraph.
<span>
This element marks a particular part of the document or text.
<b>
Used to bold the contents of a particular text.
<i>
This element is used to italicize a particular content.
<u>
This element is used to give underline a particular content.
<sub>
It displays the content in subscript.
<sup>
This displays the content in superscript.
<br>
Produces a line break in the text.
<img>
Embeds an image into the document.
<iframe>
Represents a nested browsing context, embedding another HTML page into the document.
