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What Is HTML Elements:
An HTML element usually consists of a start tag and end tag, with the content inserted in between like below.
[info title="Example" icon="check-circle"]<tagname>Content gose here</tagname>
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In simple words "The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag".[/info]
| Start tag | Element content | End tag |
|---|---|---|
| <h1> | My First Heading | </h1> |
| <p> | My first paragraph. | </p> |
| <br> |
HTML elements with no content are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag, such as the <br> element (which indicates a line break).
Nested HTML Elements:
HTML elements can be nested (elements can contain elements). All HTML documents consist of nested HTML elements.
[info title="Example" icon="check-circle"]<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
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This example contains four HTML elements.<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
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Example Explained Below:
The <html> element defines the whole document.It has a start tag <html> and an end tag </html>.
The element content is another HTML element (the <body> element).
[info title="Nested Body Example" icon="check-circle"]
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
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The <body> element defines the document body.<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
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It has a start tag <body> and an end tag </body>.
The element content is two other HTML elements (<h1> and <p>).
[info title="Body Example" icon="check-circle"]
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
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The <h1> element defines a heading. It has a start tag <h1> and an end tag </h1>.<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
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The element content is: My First Heading.
[info title="Example" icon="check-circle"]<h1>My First Heading</h1>
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The <p> element defines a paragraph.[/info]
It has a start tag <p> and an end tag </p>.
The element content is: My first paragraph.
[info title="Example" icon="check-circle"]<p>My First Paragraph</p>
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Do Not Forget the End Tag:
Some HTML elements will display correctly, even if you forget the end tag.
[info title="Example" icon="check-circle"]<html>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph
<p>This is a paragraph
</body>
</html>
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The example above works in all browsers, because the closing tag is considered optional.<body>
<p>This is a paragraph
<p>This is a paragraph
</body>
</html>
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* Never rely on this. It might produce unexpected results and/or errors if you forget the end tag.
Empty HTML Elements:
HTML elements with no content are called empty elements.
<br> is an empty element without a closing tag (the <br> tag defines a line break).
[info title="Example" icon="check-circle"]<p>This is a <br> paragraph with a line break.</p>
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Empty elements can be "closed" in the opening tag like this: <br />.[/info]
HTML5 does not require empty elements to be closed. But if you want stricter validation, or if you need to make your document readable by XML parsers, you must close all HTML elements properly.
Use Lowercase Tags:
HTML tags are not case sensitive: <P> means the same as <p>.
The HTML5 standard does not require lowercase tags, but I recommends lowercase in HTML, and demands lowercase for stricter document types like XHTML.
At Development i always use lowercase tags.
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