HTML5 - Deprecated Tags & Attributes
Deprecated Tags
The following elements are not available in HTML5 anymore and their function is better handled by CSS −
| Tags (Elements) |
Description |
| <acronym> |
Defines an acronym |
| <applet> |
Defines an applet |
| <basefont> |
Defines an base font for the page. |
| <big> |
Defines big text |
| <center> |
Defines centered text |
| <dir> | Defines a directory list |
| <font> |
Defines text font, size, and color |
| <frame> |
Defines a frame |
| <frameset> |
Defines a set of frames |
| <isindex> |
Defines a single-line input field |
| <noframes> |
Defines a noframe section |
| <s> |
Defines strikethrough text |
| <strike> |
Defines strikethrough text |
| <tt> |
Defines teletype text |
| <u> |
Defines underlined text |
Deprecated Attributes
HTML5 has none of the presentational attributes that were in HTML4 as their functions are better handled by CSS. Some attributes from HTML4 are no longer allowed in HTML5 at all and they have been removed completely.
Following is the table having removed attributed and their corresponding impacted tags (elements) ie. elements from which those attributes have been removed permanently −
| Removed Attributes |
From the Elements |
| rev |
link, a |
| charset |
link and a |
| shape |
a |
| coords |
a |
| longdesc |
img and iframe. |
| target |
link |
| nohref |
area |
| profile |
head |
| version |
html |
| name |
img |
| scheme |
meta |
| archive |
object |
| classid |
object |
| codebase |
object |
| codetype |
object |
| declare |
object |
| standby |
object |
| valuetype |
param |
| type |
param |
| axis |
td and t |
| abbr |
td and t |
| scope |
td |
| align |
caption, iframe, img, input, object, legend, table, hr, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr. |
| alink |
body |
| link |
body |
| vlink |
body |
| text |
body |
| background |
body |
| bgcolor |
table, tr, td, th and body. |
| border |
table and object. |
| cellpadding |
table |
| cellspacing |
table |
| char |
col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr. |
| charoff |
col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr. |
| clear |
br |
| compact |
dl, menu, ol and ul. |
| frame |
table |
| compact |
dl, menu, ol and ul. |
| frame |
table |
| frameborder |
iframe |
| hspace |
img and object. |
| vspace |
img and object. |
| marginheight |
iframe |
| marginwidth |
iframe |
| noshade |
hr |
| nowrap |
td and th |
| rules |
table |
| scrolling |
iframe |
| size |
hr |
| type |
li, ol and ul. |
| valign |
col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr |
| width |
hr, table, td, th, col, colgroup and pre. |
