HTML Flow Tags

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The HTML flow tags are used in the body of the HTML documents. The body of the HTML document contains almost all the tags of the HTML that are used to display the different types of the content, such as plain text, links, and images in the HTML document.

HTML Flow Tags List

Following table list and describes all flow tags available in HTML:

Tags	Description
A	Represents a link in an HTML document
ABBR	Represents an abbreviation
AREA (if it is a descendant of a MAP tag)	Represents an area of an image map
ADDRESS	Represents additional information of an HTML document
ARTICLE	Represents a self-contained composition of an HTML document
ASIDE	Represents a note, tip, or a sidebar related to an article
AUDIO	Represents audio and sound streams
B	Represents bold text
BDO	Represents the text direction
BLOCKQUOTE	Represents long quotations
BR	Represents a line break
BUTTON	Represents a push button
CANVAS	Allows you to draw graphics using JavaScript
CITE	Represents a citation
CODE	Represents code text
COMMAND	Defines a command
DATALIST	Defines options for controls by using various tags, such as OPTION and INPUT
DEL	Represents deleted text
DETAILS	Provides additional information or controls for the users
DFN	Represents the definition term
DIV	Represents a section in an HTML document
DL	Represents a definition list
EM	Represents an emphasized text
EMBED	Represents the plugin content in an HTML document
FIELDSET	Represents a border of tags on a form
FIGURE	Represents some flow content of an HTML document
FOOTER	Defines a footer for a section in an HTML document
FORM	Represents an HTML form for user input
H1	Represents first level of HTML headings
H2	Represents second level of HTML headings
H3	Represents third level of HTML headings
H4	Represents fourth level of HTML headings
H5	Represents fifth level of HTML headings
H6	Represents sixth level of HTML headings
HEADER	Defines a header of a section in an HTML document
HGROUP	Represents heading of a section by grouping the heading tags (H1, H2)
HR	Represents horizontal rule
I	Represents italic text
IFRAME	Represents an inline frame
IMG	Represents an image
INPUT	Represents an input control
INS	Represents inserted text
KBD	Represents keyboard text
KEYGEN	Represents a control to generate key pair
LABEL	Represents label for an input tag
MAP	Represents an image map
MARK	Represents a text in an HTML document that is highlighted for reference
MATH	Defines math expressions
MENU	Represents a menu list
METER	Defines a measurement, such as disk usage
NAV	Represents a navigation section of an HTML document
NOSCRIPT	Represents alternate text to be displayed on the Web browser that doest not support JavaScript
OBJECT	Represents an embedded object
OL	Represents an ordered list
OUTPUT	Represents some output
P	Represents a paragraph
PRE	Represents a preformatted text
PROGRESS	Defines the progress of tasks and operations
Q	Represents short quotations
RUBY	Allows you to mark up ruby annotations in an HTML document
SAMP	Represents sample computer code
SCRIPT	Represents a client-side script
SECTION	Represents a section in an HTML document
SELECT	Represents a select list (drop-down list)
SMALL	Represents a small text
SPAN	Represents a section in an HTML document
STRONG	Represents a strong text
STYLE	Represents style information of an HTML document
SUB	Represents subscript text
SUP	Represents superscript text
SVG	Defines graphics in XHTML document
TABLE	Represents a table
TEXTAREA	Represents a multi-line text input control
TIME	Defines day or/and time
UL	Represents unordered list
VAR	Represents a variable part of a text
VIDEO	Represents videos or movies streams
WBR	Defines a line break opportunity
TEXT	Represents text in an HTML document

HTML Flow Tags Example

Here is an example uses a flow tag (<abbr> tag which is used to specify abbreviation for the text) in HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p>This tutorial is provided by <abbr title="codescracker">CC</abbr></p>

</body>
</html>

Here is the sample output produced by the above HTML flow tag example code:

If you place the cursor of the mouse over the CC then you will watch the title will be displayed as a tooltip of the CC. Here is the live demo output of the above example:

This tutorial is provided by CC

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