HTML5 also includes new elements for better structure, drawing, media content and better form handling.
HTML5 New Markup Elements
In the table below you can see the new elements are added in HTML5.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <article> | For external content, like text from a news-article, blog, forum, or any other content from an external source |
| <aside> | For content aside from the content it is placed in. The aside content should be related to the surrounding content |
| <command> | A button, or a radiobutton, or a checkbox |
| <details> | For describing details about a document, or parts of a document |
| <summary> | A caption, or summary, inside the details element |
| <figure> | For grouping a section of stand-alone content, could be a video |
| <figcaption> | The caption of the figure section |
| <footer> | For a footer of a document or section, could include the name of the author, the date of the document, contact information, or copyright information |
| <header> | For an introduction of a document or section, could include navigation |
| <hgroup> | For a section of headings, using <h1> to <h6>, where the largest is the main heading of the section, and the others are sub-headings |
| <mark> | For text that should be highlighted |
| <meter> | For a measurement, used only if the maximum and minimum values are known |
| <nav> | For a section of navigation |
| <progress> | The state of a work in progress |
| <ruby> | For ruby annotation (Chinese notes or characters) |
| <rt> | For explanation of the ruby annotation |
| <rp> | What to show browsers that do not support the ruby element |
| <section> | For a section in a document. Such as chapters, headers, footers, or any other sections of the document |
| <time> | For defining a time or a date, or both |
| <wbr> | Word break. For defining a line-break opportunity. |
HTML5 New Media Elements
HTML5 also introduced a spectacular element to handle media.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <audio> | For multimedia content, sounds, music or other audio streams |
| <video> | For video content, such as a movie clip or other video streams |
| <source> | For media resources for media elements, defined inside video or audio elements |
| <embed> | For embedded content, such as a plug-in |
HTML5 New Canvas Element
The canvas element uses JavaScript to make drawings on a web page.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <canvas> | For making graphics with a script |
HTML5 New Form Elements
HTML5 offers more form elements, with more functionality
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| <datalist> | A list of options for input values |
| <keygen> | Generate keys to authenticate users |
| <output> | For different types of output, such as output written by a script |
HTML5 New Input Type Attribute Values
Also, the input element’s type attribute has many new values, for better input control before sending it to the server
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| tel | The input value is of type telephone number |
| search | The input field is a search field |
| url | The input value is a URL |
| The input value is one or more email addresses | |
| datetime | The input value is a date and/or time |
| date | The input value is a date |
| month | The input value is a month |
| week | The input value is a week |
| time | The input value is of type time |
| datetime-local | The input value is a local date/time |
| number | The input value is a number |
| range | The input value is a number in a given range |
| color | The input value is a hexadecimal color, like #FF8800 |
