HTML5 New Elements

Many new elements are added in HTML5 to facilitate some extra functionality to write easy and fast code to create an engaging and effective website.

HTML 5 New Tags:

Some new tags were introduced in HTML 5 to provide a better document structure. These tags are listed below.

Structural or Semantic Tags:

Tag	Uses
<article>	It is used to specify a blog, magazine, newspaper article, or any other independent content in a document.
<aside>	Used to indicate that the specified article is somehow related to the rest of the document.
<bdi>	Used for bi-directional isolation, i.e., to isolate a part of a content that is formatted in another direction from the outside text document.
<data>	Used to facilitate a machine-readable version of the data.
<details>	Used to define any additional information on a topic or a summary.
<dialog>	Used to specify a window or a dialog box.
<figcaption>	Used to specify a caption for a <figure> element.
<figure>	Used to specify self-contained content like photos, diagrams, etc.
<footer>	Used to specify a footer for a section.
<header>	Used to specify a header for a section.
<main>	Used to specify the main content of a document.
<mark>	Used to mark or highlight the specified content.
<menuitem>	Used to specify a command that the user can invoke from a popup menu.
<meter>	Used to determine a scalar value within a given range.
<nav>	Used to specify a navigation link in an HTML document.
<progress>	Used to define the progress of a task.
<rp>	Used to specify the content to show in a browser that doesn’t support ruby annotation.
<rt>	Used to indicate an explanation or pronunciation of characters.
<ruby>	Used to specify a ruby annotation along with <rp> and <rt>.
<section>	Used to specify a section in an HTML document.
<summary>	Used to define a visible heading for the HTML <details> element.
<time>	Used to define a date or time.
<wbr>	Used to specify a line break opportunity.

HTML5 Form Tags:

Tag	Uses
<datalist>	Used to facilitate an auto-complete feature for text field.
<output>	Used to specify the output of a calculation or an outcome of the user action.

Graphics Tags:

Tag	Uses
<canvas>	Used to draw canvas in an HTML document.
<svg>	Used to display shapes.

HTML5 Media Tags:

Tag	Uses
<audio>	Used to define an audio file in HTML.
<embed>	Used to specify a container for an external file, application, or media.
<source>	Used to specify multiple media resources for a media element.
<track>	Used to specify the text tracks for an <audio> or a <video> element.
<video>	Used to specify a video file in HTML.

HTML5 New <input> types:

Type	Uses
color	Used to define an input field to indicate a color selector.
date	Used to define an input field to indicate a date selector.
datetime	Used to display date and time along with the time zone information.
datetime-local	Used to display date and time without the time zone information.
email	Used to specify an input field with an email pattern validation property.
month	Used to specify an input field to enter the month for the particular year.
number	Used to specify a field that accepts a numeric value only.
range	Used to create a numeric value selector for a range of 1 to 100.
search	Used to create a search field.
tel	Used to define a control to enter a telephone number.
time	Used to define a control to enter time value with no time zone.
url	Used to define an input field to enter a URL.
week	Used to create a week value selector for a particular year.