Container tag
Updated: 02/07/2022 by Computer Hope
When describing HTML (hypertext markup language), a container tag is an HTML tag with both an opening and closing tag. For example, the picture shows a breakdown of an HTML tag. The anchor tag has an opening and closing tag surrounding text shown as the anchor.
Examples of HTML container tags
The following list contains examples of container tags. Clicking any of these links opens a page with more information.
- <a>
- <abbr>
- <acronym>
- <address>
- <applet>
- <article>
- <aside>
- <audio>
- <b>
- <bdi>
- <bdo>
- <big>
- <blink>
- <blockquote>
- <body>
- <button>
- <canvas>
- <caption>
- <center>
- <cite>
- <code>
- <colgroup>
- <datalist>
- <dd>
- <del>
- <details>
- <dfn>
- <dialog>
- <dir>
- <div>
- <dl>
- <dt>
- <em>
- <embed>
- <fieldset>
- <figcaption>
- <figure>
- <footer>
- <font>
- <form>
- <frameset>
- <h1>
- <h2>
- <h3>
- <h4>
- <h5>
- <h6>
- <head>
- <header>
- <html>
- <i>
- <iframe>
- <ins>
- <kbd>
- <legend>
- <li>
- <main>
- <map>
- <mark>
- <marquee>
- <menu>
- <menuitem>
- <meter>
- <nav>
- <nobr>
- <noframes>
- <noscript>
- <object>
- <ol>
- <optgroup>
- <option>
- <output>
- <p>
- <pre>
- <progress>
- <q>
- <rp>
- <rt>
- <ruby>
- <s>
- <samp>
- <script>
- <section>
- <select>
- <small>
- <span>
- <strike>
- <strong>
- <style>
- <sub>
- <summary>
- <sup>
- <table>
- <tbody>
- <td>
- <textarea>
- <tfoot>
- <th>
- <thead>
- <time>
- <title>
- <tr>
- <tt>
- <u>
- <ul>
- <var>
- <video>
- <xmp>