The deprecated tags or attributes are those attributes which are replaced by some other attributes. The tag or attributes deprecated when the same attributes is achieved by some other way. They are considered outdated and may not be supported in modern browsers or future versions of HTML.
HTML Deprecated Tag:
Complete list of deprecated tags are given below:
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| applet tag | Specify an applet | object tag |
| basefont tag | Specify a basefont | font style sheets |
| center tag | Use to specify a centered Text | text-align:center |
| dir tag | Specify a directory list | ul tag |
| embed tag | Embed an application to HTML document | object tag |
| font tag | Used to specify font text, size and color | font-family, font-size, color |
| isindex tag | Specify a single-line input field | form tag |
| menu tag | Specify a menu list | ul tag |
| plaintext tag | Specify a plaintext | pre tag |
| s tag | Specify a strike through text | text-decoration |
| strike tag | Specify a strike through text | text-decoration |
| u tag | Specify underlined text | text-decoration |
| xmp tag | Specify preformatted text | pre tag |
HTML Deprecated Attributes: There are some attributes which are deprecated from HTML4. Some of these attributes are given below:
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| hspace | specify the horizontal space around the element | padding attribute |
| align attribute | Used to specify the positioning of an element | text-align, vertical-align |
| alink attribute | Specify color for selected link | active attribute |
| background attribute | Specify background image | background-image |
| bgcolor attribute | Specify background color | background-color |
| bgcolor attribute | Specify background color | background-color |
| border attribute | Used to specify border width of an element | border-width |
| height attribute | Specify height of body tag | padding attribute |
| language attribute | Specify scripting language being used | type attribute |
| link attribute | Specify default color of links in the document | link attribute |
| nowrap attribute | Prevent the text from wrapping within that table cell | white-space |
| vlink attribute | Specify the color of visited links | visited attribute |
| type attribute | Specify the type of list in li tag | list-style-type |
| vspace attribute | Specify the amount of whitespace or padding that should appear above or below an element | padding attribute |