Major HTML Tags

There are over 100 HTML tags, but the most frequently used ones are listed below.

• <div>: Defines a division or a section in an HTML document, often used to group block-elements and configure the layout of the webpage

• <p>: Defines a paragraph of text

• <input>: Used to receive data input from the user

• <img>: Used to display images, specified with the src attribute

• <a>: Defines a hyperlink to another webpage or a specific section within the same page

• <ul>: Defines an unordered list

• <li>: Defines a list item, typically used within <ul> or <ol>

Single tags, also referred to as self-closing tags, do not have a closing tag (</tag>).

For example, img and input tags are self-closing tags as they do not enclose any content, and are written with a slash (/) at the end, like <img /> and <input />.

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<input type="text" placeholder="Enter name" />

The above code is an example of a text input field for receiving the user's name. Notice the self-closing slash placeholder="Enter name" /> at the end of the tag.

Follow the highlighted parts of the code to practice entering it yourself.