{"id":284,"date":"2024-05-15T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/?p=284"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:28:32","slug":"html-deprecated-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/peter\/html-deprecated-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"HTML – Deprecated tags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A complete list of deprecated HTML tags and attributes are given here. All the tags have been ordered alphabetically along with their equivalent tag or alternate CSS option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tag<\/th>Description<\/th>Alternate<\/th><\/tr>
<applet><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to embed the Java applet.<\/td><object><\/td><\/tr>
<acronym><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used for indicating an acronym.<\/td><abbr><\/td><\/tr>
<basefont><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to set the default text-color, font-size.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<bgsound><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to play soundtrack in the background.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<big><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to increase the font size.<\/td>CSS Properties<\/td><\/tr>
<blink><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to enclose a text to make it blink.<\/td>CSS or JavaScript<\/td><\/tr>
<center><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to set the alignment of the text.<\/td>text-align<\/td><\/tr>
<dir><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to make a list of directory files\/folders.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<embed><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used for embedding external applications.<\/td><object><\/td><\/tr>
<font><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to change the color, size and style of a text. To know more about the font tag visit this<\/a> page.<\/td>font-family, font-size<\/td><\/tr>
<frameset><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to specify the number of rows and columns in frameset wit their pixels.<\/td><iframe><\/td><\/tr>
<isindex><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. This tag is used for querying a document through a text field<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<ilayer><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. This tag is used to create a layer that occupies space in the containing text flow.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<keygen><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. This tag is used to process Web forms with certificate management systems<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<listing><\/td>Deprecated. It was intended as a way to render HTML code on a page.<\/td><pre><\/td><\/tr>
<layer><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to position and animate (through scripting) elements in a page<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<menu><\/a><\/td>Deprecated.It is used for creating a menu list.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<menuitem><\/a><\/td>Deprecated.It is used for defining a menu item for a menu.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<multicol><\/a><\/td>Deprecated.It is used to create multiple columns of text .<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<nobr><\/a><\/td>Deprecated.It is used to instruct the browser not to break the specified text.<\/td>CSS property<\/td><\/tr>
<noembed><\/a><\/td>Deprecated.It is used to handle browsers which do not support the <embed> tag.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<noframes><\/a><\/td>Deprecated.It is used to handle the browsers which do not support <frame> tag.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<plaintext><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to render all the text in the document.<\/td><pre><\/td><\/tr>
<param><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used for passing parameters to an embedded object using <object> tag.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<s><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. The tag is used to indicate that the text is no longer accurate or correct.<\/td>text-decoration<\/td><\/tr>
<strike><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to strike a line through the text.<\/td>text-decoration<\/td><\/tr>
<spacer><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. This tag is used to specify a whitespace<\/td><pre>, <br> tags<\/td><\/tr>
<tt><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. This tag is used to specify teletype text<\/td><pre>, <kbd> tags<\/td><\/tr>
<u><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. It is used to create underlined text.<\/td>text-decoration<\/td><\/tr>
<xmp><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. Specifies preformatted text<\/td><pre><\/td><\/tr>
<frame><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. HTML frames are used to divide your browser window into multiple sections where each section can load a separate HTML document. To know more about the frame tag visit this<\/a> page.<\/td>use modern layout techniques<\/td><\/tr>
<marquee><\/a><\/td>Deprecated. An HTML marquee is a scrolling piece of text displayed either horizontally across.<\/td>CSS<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

HTML Deprecated Attributes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following is the list of deprecated HTML attributes and alternative CSS options available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attribute<\/th>Description<\/th>Alternate<\/th><\/tr>
align<\/td>It is used to specify the alignment of the text-content.<\/td>text-align, float & vertical-align<\/td><\/tr>
alink<\/td>It is used to specify the color of an active link.<\/td>active<\/td><\/tr>
background<\/td>It is used to specify a background image of the entire web page body.<\/td>background-image<\/td><\/tr>
bgcolor<\/td>It is used to set the background color of an HTML element.<\/td>background-color<\/td><\/tr>
border<\/td>It is used to set the visible border width.<\/td>border-width<\/td><\/tr>
clear<\/td>Indicates how the browser should display the line after the <br \/> element<\/td>clear<\/td><\/tr>
height<\/td>It is used to specify the height of the element.<\/td>height<\/td><\/tr>
hspace<\/td>It is used to specify the numnber of whitespaces on the left or right side of an object.<\/td>padding<\/td><\/tr>
language<\/td>It is used to specify the language of the elements content.<\/td>type<\/td><\/tr>
link<\/td>It is used to ink the document with an external resource.<\/td>link<\/td><\/tr>
nowrap<\/td>It is used to indicate that the text inside the cell should not wrap.<\/td>white-space<\/td><\/tr>
start<\/td>It is used to specify the start value for numbering the list items.<\/td>counter-reset<\/td><\/tr>
text<\/td>It is used to define a color for the text in the document.<\/td>color<\/td><\/tr>
type<\/td>It is used to specify the type of content associated with an element.<\/td>list-style-type<\/td><\/tr>
vlink<\/td>It is used to specify the color of a visited link.<\/td>visited<\/td><\/tr>
vspace<\/td>It is used to specify the number of whitespaces.<\/td>padding<\/td><\/tr>
width<\/td>It is used to specify width of the image element.<\/td>width<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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