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.

HTML tag showing a container tag.

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>

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