HTML Tags

List of HTML Tags - B

B

<b> <basefont> <base> <bdo> <bgsound <big> <blink> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button>

<b>...</b> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 2, 3, 4, 5; HTML4; WebTV; Opera3

All text encosed within the <b>...</b> appears in bold.

<basefont> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 2, 3, 4, 5; HTML4 (deprecated); WebTV; Opera3

Cascading Style Sheets are now preferred to basefont. Basefont specifies some font attributes for the text that follows. When used within <head> tags, it applies to the whole document. In IE 3.0 and above, it can be used with color=#rrggbb or color=name> to set the font color, and face=font to set the font. Size=1|2|3|4|5|6|7 sets the absolute font size, and size=+1|+2|+3|+4|-1|-2 sets the font size relative to a default of 3. Any relative size settings thereafter will be relative to this size.

<base> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 2, 3, 4, 5; HTML4; WebTV; Opera3

Base is placed within the <head> to specify a base URL to which all relative URLs in the document refer. Href=url is used to specify the URL, and (except in IE2) a default target window for all links in the document may be specified using target=name.

<bdo>...</bdo> Supported by: HTML4

Bdo, which stands for 'bi-directional override', is used to specify that the enclosed text goes in the opposite direction to the enclosing text - for instance some Arabic in the middle of English, or vice verrsa.

<bgsound> Supported by: IE 2, 3, 4, 5

Bgsound automatically plays an audio file when the document is loaded.

<igb>...</big> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 3, 4, 5; HTML4; WebTV; Opera3

Big makes the type one size larger, in the same was as <font size="+1">.

<blink>...</blink> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4

Blink makes the enclosed text flash on and off.

<blockquote>...</blockquote> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 2, 3, 4, 5; HTML4; WebTV; Opera3

Blockquote denotes that the enclosed text is quoted. Browsers differ as to how they show and align the text.

<body>...</body> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 2, 3, 4, 5; HTML4; WebTV; Opera3

Body denotes the begiining and end of the content of the document that is displayed in the browser window. Its attributes apply to the whole document.

alink=#rrggbb or colour name
sets the colour of the active link (i.e. when the mouse button is held down during a click).
background=url
sets the URL of a graphic file which supplies the background for the document.
bgcolor=#rrggbb or colour name
sets the background colour of the document.
link=#rrggbb or colour name
sets the default colour of all the document's links.
text#rrggbb or colour name
sets the default colour of all the document's text.
vlink=#rrggbb or colour name
sets the colour of the visited links.
marginwidth=number (NN4 only) or leftmargin=number (IE only) (you may need to set both to support different browsers)
Gives the number of pixels between the left edge of the browser and the start of text and graphics in the window.
marginheight=number (NN4 only) or topmargin=number (IE only) (you may need to set both to support different browsers)
Gives the number of pixels between the top edge of the browser and the top of text and graphics in the window.
bgproperties=fixed (IE only)
When fixed, the background image does not scroll with the content.

<br>...</br> Supported by: NN: 2, 3, 4; IE 2, 3, 4, 5; HTML4; WebTV; Opera3

<br>starts a new line immediately, without adding extra space. If you do not want to resume the line until a margin is clear (for instance, to resume the text below an image, rather than to wrap text), use clear=all|left|right.

<button>...</button> Supported by: NN: 4; IE 4, 5; HTML4

Button is used within forms to create a "button" that can contain text or images. The button is given a control name using name=text and an initial value using value=text. There are 3 types of button:

type=submit specifies a submit button (default)
type=reset specifies a reset button
type=button specifies a custom button (used with JavaScript))