5 HTML tags you might not know!

Coding

March. 09. 2021

HTML is a powerful markup language which can be used to give our web applications structure. Learn more about HTML5 here

In this article, I'll show you 5 rare HTML Tags that probably you have never heard of. While they might be less familiar to you but they're still quite useful and you can create more structurally-sound web applications with the help of them.

1- DATALIST

This tag specifies a list of predefined options for an INPUT element.

Datalist tag

2- TEMPLATE

Use this tag to hide some content when the page loads. It can be made visible later using JavaScript.

template-tag

3- METER

This tag can be used to measure data within a given range. You can use this tag to display disk usage statistics.

meter-tag-code

4- TIME

This tag defines a specific or human-readable time. It helps search engines to produce smarter search results.

time-tag-code

5- OPTGROUP

This tag is a great way to add group related options in a SELECT element (drop-down list).

optgroup-tag-code

Saad Baig

Full Stack Developer. I build everything from small business sites to rich interactive web applications.