HTML Deprecated Tags

HTML Deprecated Tags

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.

Tag
Description
Alternate
<applet>
Deprecated. Specifies an applet
<object>
<basefont>
Deprecated. Specifies a base font

<center>
Deprecated. Specifies centered text
text-align
<dir>
Deprecated. Specifies a directory list

<embed>
Deprecated. Embeds an application in a document
<object>
<font>
Deprecated. Specifies text font, size, and color
font-family, font-size
<isindex>
Deprecated. Specifies a single-line input field

<listing>
Deprecated. Specifies listing of items
<pre>
<menu>
Deprecated. Specifies a menu list

<plaintext>
Deprecated. Specifies plaintext
<pre>
<s>
Deprecated. Specifies strikethrough text
text-decoration
<strike>
Deprecated. Specifies strikethrough text
text-decoration
<u>
Deprecated. Specifies underlined text
text-decoration
<xmp>
Deprecated. Specifies preformatted text
<pre>
HTML Decprecated Attributes

Following is the list of deprecated HTML attributes and alternative CSS options available.

Attribute
Description
Alternate
align
Specifies positioning of an element
text-align, float & vertical-align
alink
Specifies the color of an active link or selected link
active
background
Specifies background image
background-image
bgcolor
Specifies background color
background-color
border
Specifies a border width of any element
border-width
clear
Indicates how the browser should display the line after the <br /> element
clear
height
Specifies height of body and other elements
height
hspace
Specifies the amount of whitespace or padding that should appear left or right an element
padding
language
Specifies scripting language being used
type
link
Specifies the default color of all links in the document
link
nowrap
Prevents the text from wrapping within that table cell
white-space
start
Indicates the number at which a browser should start numbering a list
counter-reset
text
Specifies color of body text
color
type
Specifies the type of list in <li> tag
list-style-type
vlink
Specifies the color of visited links
visited
vspace
Specifies the amount of whitespace or padding that should appear above or below an element
padding
width
Specifies width of body and other elements
width