Inline tags for content grouping and linking in HTML 5

Inline Tags For Content Grouping in HTML 5:- <blockquote>,<div>,<hr> and <p> tags are the block tags used for content grouping in HTML 5.
 
 1. <br>:- This tag is used for providing a line break in html document. This tag don't contain any close tag.
 
 Syntax:
 
 <br>
 
 Code:
 
 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
 <html>
 <body>
 <p> I m <br/> br tag </p>
 </body>
 </html>
 
 Output:

     br.gif

2. <span>:- This tag is used basically for inline elements. It group and apply styles to them.
 
 Syntax:
 
 <span>
 
 Code:

 
 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
 < html>
 <body>
 <p>I m inline tag <span style="color: green"> used for block </span> tags</p>
 </body>
 </html>
 
 Output:

   span.gif

3. <wbr>:- It is used to give line break in words which are too long and have no spaces. It is an option to give spaces and it does not force to give breaks. It has no closing tag.
 
 Syntax:
 
 <wbr>
 
 Code:
 
 <!DOCTYPE HTML>
 <html>
 <body>
 <p>
 I m br tag. I have no <wbr>closing<wbr>tag
 </p>
 </body>
 </html>
 
 Output:

     wbr.gif 

Inline Tags for Linking in HTML 5

1) <a> :- <a> tag is used to specify a hyperlink.

Attributes:

  • href:- href specify destination of the link.
  • target:- target attribute can only be used with href attribute. This attribute indicate whether we want to load the page in blank document, in same page, in parent page, at top. It can only be used when we have included href attribute.

Values:- Its values can be _blank, _ self, _ parent, _top.

  • hreflang:-b
  • media:- It indicates the what will be the optimized media for the destination link. It can only be used when we have included href attribute.
  • rel:- It indicates the relation between HTML document and destination link. Its values can be bookmark, section, stylesheet etc.
  • type:- It indicates content type at the target link. It can only be used when we have included href attribute.

Syntax:

<a href="http://www.google.com" target=_blank> I m search engine </a>

Code:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<a href="http://www.google.com" target=_blank> I m search engine </a>
</body>
</html>

Output: 

     a.gif

2) <area>:- In an image map, this tag is used to indicate an area. Image map are areas in images where we can click. It can be used with <map> and <img> tags. It also have same attributes which <a> tag provides. The additional attributes it provides are:-

Attributes:

  • alt :- This attribute is used to indicate an alternate text for the area. We can only write it if we have used href attribute.
  • coords :- It is used to indicate the coordinates of an area.
  • shape :- It indicates the shape of an area. Its values can be rect, circ, poly for rectangle, circle and poly respectively.

Syntax:

<img src ="Blue hills.jpg" width="226" height="126" alt="sunset" usemap ="#bluehillsmap" />
<map name="Bluehillsmap">
</map>

Code:

<DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<p> I m area tag </p>
<img src ="Blue hills.jpg" width="226" height="126" alt="sunset" usemap ="#bluehillsmap" />
<map name="Bluehillsmap">
</map>
<body>
</html>

Output:


    area.gif
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