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# HTML5 Deprecated Tags and Attributes

# Deprecated Tags:

The following elements are not available in HTML5 anymore and their function is better handled by CSS:

Tags (Elements) | Description
--- | ---
<acronym> | Defines an acronym
<applet> | Defines an applet
<basefont> | Defines an base font for the page.
<big> | Defines big text
<center> | Defines centered text
<dir> | Defines a directory list
<font> | Defines text font, size, and color
<frame> | Defines a frame
<frameset> | Defines a set of frames
<isindex> | Defines a single-line input field
<noframes> | Defines a noframe section
<s> | Defines strikethrough text
<strike> | Defines strikethrough text
<tt> | Defines teletype text
<u> | Defines underlined text

# Deprecated Attributes:

HTML5 has none of the presentational attributes that were in HTML4 as their functions are better handled by CSS. Some attributes from HTML4 are no longer allowed in HTML5 at all and they have been removed compeletely.

Following is the table having removed attributed and their corresponding impacted tags (elements) ie. elements from which those attributes have been removed permanently:

Removed Attributes | From the Elements
--- | ---
rev | link, a
charset | link and a
shape | a
coords | a
longdesc | img and iframe.
target | link
nohref | area
profile | head
version | html
name | img
scheme | meta
archive | object
classid | object
codebase | object
codetype | object
declare | object
standby | object
valuetype | param
type | param
axis | td and t
abbr | td and t
scope | td
align | caption, iframe, img, input, object, legend, table, hr, div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr.
alink | body
link | body
vlink | body
text | body
background | body
bgcolor | table, tr, td, th and body.
border | table and object.
cellpadding | table
cellspacing | table
char | col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr.
charoff | col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr.
clear | br
compact | dl, menu, ol and ul.
frame | table
compact | dl, menu, ol and ul.
frame | table
frameborder | iframe
hspace | img and object.
vspace | img and object.
marginheight | iframe
marginwidth | iframe
noshade | hr
nowrap | td and th
rules | table
scrolling | iframe
size | hr
type | li, ol and ul.
valign | col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead and tr
width | hr, table, td, th, col, colgroup and pre.

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