In the previous chapter we have discussed about some of the basic HTML 4 elements. Apart form those HTML 5 has introduced some other useful elements and tags and also some of the old elements removed in HTML 5. Let's discuss those in detail.

HTML 5 New Elements

<canvas>
<details>
<datagrid>
<menu>
<summary> Defines a visible heading for a <details> element
<mark>  to indicate content that is marked in some fashion
<time>  to indicate content that is a time or date
<meter>  to indicate content that is a fraction of a known range - such as disk usage
<progress>  to indicate the progress of a task towards completion
<wbr>

HTML 5 Media Elements

<audio>
<video>
<source>
<embed>
<track>

HTML 5 Form Input Type

datetime
datetime-local
date
month
week
time
number
range

email
url
(Click here for more detail about HTML 5 form elements and input types)

Some elements removed in HTML 5

  • acronym
  • applet
  • basefont
  • big
  • center
  • dir
  • font
  • frame
  • frameset
  • isindex
  • noframes
  • noscript
  • strike
  • tt
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