HTML Deprecated Tags

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:

TAGS	DESCRIPTION	Alternate Tags
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:

Attribute	Description	Alternate Attributes
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