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Elements and attributes that have been deprecated in the most recent version of XHTML 1.0

The following elements and attributes have been deprecated in favor of using CSS.

Elements

  • The applet element <applet></applet> in favor of <object></object>
  • The basefont element <basefont/>
  • The center element <center></center>
  • The dir element <dir></dir>
  • The embed element <embed></embed/> in favor of <object></object>
  • The font element <font></font>
  • The i (italic) element <i></i>
  • The layer element <layer></layer>
  • The menu element <menu></menu>
  • The noembed element <noembed></noembed>
  • The shadow element <shadow></shadow>
  • The strike element <strike></strike>
  • The underline element <u></u>

Attributes

  • alink
    The alink attribute defines the color of an active link on the Web page.
  • vlink
    The vlink attribute defines the color of a visited link.
  • link
    The link attribute defines the color of a link on the Web page.
  • align
    Used to align elements vertically and horizontally on the document page.
  • background
    The background attribute is used to define a background color or image for an element.
  • border
    Used to define a border around an element.
  • color
    Used to define the color of the enclosed text.
  • face
    Used to define the font face of the enclosed text.
  • size
    Used to define the size of the enclosed text.
  • width
    The width attribute defines the width in pixels of an element.
  • height
    Used to define the height of an element.
  • language
    The language attribute is used to define the language used by the script element. It has been deprecated in favor of the type attribute.
  • name
    The name attribute names the element for use with dynamic content, it has been deprecated in favor of the id attribute.
  • noshade
    The noshade attribute removes the 3-D effect from horizontal rules.
  • nowrap
    Used to stop table contents from wrapping.
  • type
    The type attribute of list tags defines what type of list should be used.
  • compact
    The compact attribute is used in list tags to create a list that takes up less space.
  • version
    The version attribute defines the version of HTML used by the document. It has been deprecated in favor of DTDs.