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Presentational (X)HTML refers to: | Presentational (X)HTML refers to: | ||
# The presentational elements and attributes of (X)HTML (as opposed to the [[semantic-html|semantic HTML]] elements and attributes) | # The presentational elements and attributes of (X)HTML (as opposed to the [[semantic-html|semantic HTML]] elements and attributes) | ||
# (X)HTML documents that are written using presentational (X)HTML. | # (X)HTML documents that are written using presentational (X)HTML. | ||
# The practice of writing presentational (X)HTML | # The practice of writing presentational (X)HTML | ||
== Contributors == | == Contributors == | ||
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== Presentational Elements == | == Presentational Elements == | ||
Presentational elements sensu lato can be divided into two groups. " | Presentational elements sensu lato can be divided into two groups. "Deliberate" presentational elements (b, i, small, …) have no semantic meaning and were deliberately designed/created for presentational purposes. "Abused" presentational elements (table, blockquote, …) have a semantic meaning, but are abused because of their default appearance in browsers (the blockquote element could be used for indenting text, for example). | ||
=== Deliberate === | |||
Deprecated: | |||
* basefont | * basefont | ||
* center | * center | ||
* font | * font | ||
* hr | * hr | ||
* s | * s | ||
* strike | * strike | ||
* tt | * tt | ||
* u | * u | ||
Abused | Frames: | ||
* frame | |||
* frameset | |||
* iframe | |||
Strict but mostly presentational: | |||
* b | |||
* br (when used for spacing, or when used inappropriately where a div or p would have been semantically correct) | |||
* big | |||
* i | |||
* small | |||
* sub | |||
* sup | |||
=== Abused === | |||
* blockquote (when used for indenting text) | * blockquote (when used for indenting text) | ||
* table (when used for layout) | * table (when used for layout) | ||
== Presentational Attributes == | == Presentational Attributes == | ||
(This list is incomplete, please add!) | (This list is incomplete, please add!) | ||
* align | * align | ||
* alink | * alink | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 21 September 2007
Presentational (X)HTML
Presentational (X)HTML refers to:
- The presentational elements and attributes of (X)HTML (as opposed to the semantic HTML elements and attributes)
- (X)HTML documents that are written using presentational (X)HTML.
- The practice of writing presentational (X)HTML
Contributors
Presentational Elements
Presentational elements sensu lato can be divided into two groups. "Deliberate" presentational elements (b, i, small, …) have no semantic meaning and were deliberately designed/created for presentational purposes. "Abused" presentational elements (table, blockquote, …) have a semantic meaning, but are abused because of their default appearance in browsers (the blockquote element could be used for indenting text, for example).
Deliberate
Deprecated:
- basefont
- center
- font
- hr
- s
- strike
- tt
- u
Frames:
- frame
- frameset
- iframe
Strict but mostly presentational:
- b
- br (when used for spacing, or when used inappropriately where a div or p would have been semantically correct)
- big
- i
- small
- sub
- sup
Abused
- blockquote (when used for indenting text)
- table (when used for layout)
Presentational Attributes
(This list is incomplete, please add!)
- align
- alink
- bgcolor
- color
- face
- height
- link (on body)
- size (on font element)
- valign
- vlink
- width