HTML5 New Features
HTML5 New Elements
HTML5 offers us some great features which has made it such an important new technology to emerge in the recent times.
New Markup Elements In HTML5
| Tag | Definition |
| header | Used to define header of some part of webpage |
| footer | Used to define footer of some part of webpage |
| nav | For a section of navigation |
| article | For content like text from a news-article, blog, forum |
| aside | For content aside from the content it is placed in |
| command | For radio buttons,check box |
HTML5:Media Elements
The multimedia elements in HTML5 have been one of the most useful features.Use of external browser plugins is no more required.HTMl5 supports audio and video elements.
| Tag | Definition |
| audio | For sounds, music or other audio streams |
| video | For video clips or other video streams |
Canvas Element In HTML5
The canvas element is one of the most important aspects of HTML5 as it facilitates drawings, graphs and paint applications without the use of external plug-ins such as adobe flash.
The canvas element is quite basic defining width,height and unique ID for the object.The developer can use Java script APIs to draw objects on the canvas.The APIs allow the developer to draw different shapes.lines and apply color.The APIs allow the canvas to be interactive with the user inputs which in turn facilitate the production of games and applications.
HTML5:New Form Input Types
In the previous versions of HTML, form controls such as reset button,checkbox,radio etc. were used. IN HTML5 in addition to these some new form input types have been introduced.
| Type | Definition |
| url | The form input value is url |
| The form input value is email address | |
| search | The form input value is search field |
| range | The form input value is a number in a given range |