HTML in Amaya

The following topics are covered in this section:

Amaya recognizes all the elements available in the HTML 4.0, but only generates elements that are not deprecated. The following list contains the elements that can be generated in Amaya, each linked to the HTML specification for the element. Help information is also available about these elements.

a: anchor - a link and/or target
abbr: abbreviated form (e.g., WWW, HTTP, etc.)
acronym: an acronym: a type of abrreviation that is usually pronounced as a word. (e.g., laser, WYSIWYG)
address: information about the author
area: client-side image map area
b: bold text style (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
base: document base URI
bdo: I18N BiDi over-ride
big: large text style (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
blockquote: long quotation
body: document body
br: forced line break
button: push button
caption: table caption
cite: citation
code: computer code fragment
col: table column
colgroup: table column group
dd: definition description
del: deleted text
dfn: instance definition
div: generic language/style container
dl: definition list
dt: definition term
em: emphasis
fieldset: form control group
form: interactive form
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6: heading
head: document head
hr: horizontal rule
html: document root element
i: italic text style (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
iframe: inline subwindow
img: Embedded image
input: form control
ins: inserted text
kbd: text to be entered by the user
label: form field label text
legend: fieldset legend
li: list item
link: a media-independent link
map: client-side image map
meta: generic metainformation
noscript: alternate content container for non script-based rendering
object: generic embedded object
ol: ordered list
optgroup: option group
option: selectable choice
p: paragraph
param: named property value
pre: preformatted text
q: short inline quotation
samp: sample program output, scripts, etc.
script: script statements
select: option selector
small: small text style (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
span: generic language/style container
strong: strong emphasis
style: style information
sub: subscript (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
sup: superscript (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
table: A table
tbody: table body
td: table data cell
textarea: multi-line text field
tfoot: table footer block
th: table header cell
thead: table header block
title: document title
tr: table row, containing table cells.
tt: teletype or monospaced text style (This effect should be achieved using style sheets or markup that conveys structural information)
ul: unordered list
var: instance of a variable or program argument

Amaya does not allow the user to create Framesets. It is possible to edit framesets in the structure view - elements can be copied and pasted, and appropriate attributes are available.

frame: subwindow
frameset: window subdivision
noframes: alternate content container for non frame-based rendering

Amaya does not create the following elements which are deprecated in HTML 4.0 Strict (i.e. should no longer be used). They should be replaced as noted for each element:

applet: Should be replaced by the object element
basefont: Should be replaced by the use of style sheets
center: Should be replaced by the use of style sheets
dir: Should be replaced by the ul element
font: Should be replaced by the use of style sheets
isindex: Should be replaced by the use of forms
menu: Should be replaced by the ul element
s and strike: Should be replaced by the use of del (to identify text to be removed) or by style sheets
u: Should be replaced by the use of style sheets