HTML Inline Elements

This page lists HTML inline elements and provides short descriptions of them. HTML inline elements are the only elements that may be contained within a paragraph element.

• a - Anchor which is used to create a link to another page or location in HTML.
• abbr - Denotes an abbreviation.
• acronym - Denotes an acronym.
• area - Define a map region in an image.
• b - Bold causes the text between the beginning and ending tag to be in bold font.
• basefont - Allows font changes.
• bdo - Overrides text direction with values of ltr (left to right) or rtl (right to left).
• big - Sets size of text to big .
• br - Break is a line break similar to a carriage return and line feed in most documents.
• cite - Used to mark titles of articles or other publications.
• code - Denotes computer program code.
• dfn - Denotes a definition.
• em - Denotes emphasis
• font - Allows font changes.
• i - Sets text between the tags to italics
• img - Allows placement of a graphical image in the page.
• input - Form input
• ins - Denotes inserted text.
• kbd - Denotes information typed from the keyboard.
• param - Used to add additional parameters to the object or applet elements.
• q - Used for short quotations
• s - Strike through text
• samp - Denotes a sample.
• small - Sets text size to small
• span - A container used to set special style to specific areas of the page.
• strike - Sets text to have a line struck through it.
• strong - Denotes strong emphasis which is basically bold
• sub - Subscript
• sup - Superscript
• textarea - A form for multiline text input.
• tt - Sets text style to monospaced teletype
• u - Sets text underlined between the beginning and ending tag.
• var - Denotes a variable in a program.

There are other elements which may be used as block or inline elements listed on the HTML Block/Inline Element page.