Deprecated Elements and Attributes from HTML 4.01
In almost every instance these elements and attributes were used for presentational markup (affecting how things appear on screen). These have been deprecated in favor of using CSS.
Elements
- <applet></applet>
- The applet element has been deprecated in favor of <object></object> .
- <basefont />
- The basefont element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <blackface></blackface>
- The blackface element is a WebTV (MSN TV) element that has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <blockquote></blockquote>
- The blockquote element is deprecated in favor of CSS when used to indent text.
- <center></center>
- The center element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <dir></dir>
- The dir element has been deprecated in favor of <ul></ul> .
- <embed />
- The embed element has been deprecated in favor of <object></object> .
- <font></font>
- The font element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <i></i>
- The i element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <isindex />
- The isindex element has been deprecated in favor of the input element and CGI forms.
- <layer></layer>
- The layer element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <menu></menu>
- The menu element has been deprecated in favor of <ul></ul> .
- <noembed></noembed>
- The noembed element has been deprecated in favor of <object></object> .
- <s></s>
- The s element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <shadow></shadow>
- The shadow element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <strike></strike>
- The strike element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- <u></u>
- The strike element has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
Attributes
- alink
- The alink attribute defines the color of an active link on the Web page. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- align
- Used to align elements vertically and horizontally on the document page, the align attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- background
- The background attribute is used to define a background image for the element. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- border
- Used to define a border around the element, the border attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- color
- Used to define the color of the enclosed text, the color attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- compact
- The compact attribute is used in list tags to create a list that takes up less space. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- face
- Used to define the font face of the enclosed text, the face attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- height
- Used to define the height of the element, the height attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- language
- The language attribute is used to define the language used by the script element. It has been deprecated in favor of the type attribute.
- link
- The link attribute defines the color of a link on the Web page. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- name
- The name attribute names the element for use with dynamic content, it has been deprecated in favor of the id attribute.
- noshade
- The noshade attribute removes the 3-D effect from horizontal rules. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- nowrap
- Used to stop table contents from wrapping, the nowrap attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- size
- Used to define the size of the enclosed text, the size attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- start
- The start attribute of list tags defines the starting number of the list. This attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- text
- The text attribute defines the color of the text on the Web page. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- type
- The type attribute of list tags defines what type of list should be used. This attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- value
- The value attribute of list tags sets the value of the list item. This attribute has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- version
- The version attribute defines the version of HTML used by the document. It has been deprecated in favor of DTDs.
- vlink
- The vlink attribute defines the color of a visited link on the Web page. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
- width
- The width attribute defines the width in pixels of the element. It has been deprecated in favor of CSS .
