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What is HTML5 Syntax?

Table of Contents

HTML5 elements can contain attributes that are used for setting different properties of the element. All attributes have a name and a value:

The DOCTYPE

<!DOCTYPE html>

Meta Character Encoding

<meta charset = "UTF-8">

The <script> tag

<script src ="scriptfile.js"></script>

<link> tag

The<link>?tag defines the relationship between the document and external resources. I.e. in simple words, it is used to include the CSS files.

Use <link>? tag in <head>

<link rel ="stylesheet" href = "stylefile.css">

HTML5 Attributes

Attribute	Options	Function
accesskey	User Defined	Specifies a keyboard shortcut to access an element.
align	right, left, center	Horizontally aligns tags
background	URL	Places a background image behind an element
bgcolor	numeric, hexadecimal, RGB values	Places a background color behind an element
class	User-Defined	Classifies an element for use with Cascading Style Sheets.
contenteditable	true, false	Specifies if the user can edit the element’s content or not.
contextmenu	Menu id	Specifies the context menu for an element.
data-XXXX	User Defined	Custom attributes. Authors of an HTML document can define their own attributes. Must start with “data-“.
draggable	true,false, auto	Specifies whether or not a user is allowed to drag an element.
height	Numeric Value	Specifies the height of tables, images, or table cells.
hidden	hidden	Specifies whether the element should be visible or not.
id	User Defined	Names an element for use with Cascading Style Sheets.
item	List of elements	Used to group elements.
itemprop	List of items	Used to group items.
spellcheck	true, false	Specifies if the element must have it’s spelling or grammar checked.
style	CSS Style sheet	Specifies an inline style for an element.
subject	User define id	Specifies the element’s corresponding item.
tabindex	Tab number	Specifies the tab order of an element.
title	User Defined	“Pop-up” title for your elements.
valign	top, middle, bottom	Vertically aligns tags within an HTML element.
width	Numeric Value	Specifies the width of tables, images, or table cells.

HTML5 Document

The following tags have been introduced for better structure

section
article
aside
header
footer
nav
dialog
figure

HTML5 document which includes CSS and JavaScript

<!doctype html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <title>Web Page Title is here</title> 
        <script src="script.js"></script>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">   
    </head>
    <body>
     <p>web page content goes here</p>
    </body>
</html>