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XHTML Strict Specs, Part 1

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Deprecated Attributes *

List for XHTML 1.0

Attribute Related Element Description Replacement
align applet Vertical or horizontal alignment of element CSS
align caption Horizontal alignment of table caption CSS
align div Horizontal alignment of these block elements CSS
align h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 Horizontal alignment of these block elements CSS
align hr Horizontal alignment of rule CSS
align iframe Vertical or horizontal alignment of element CSS
align img Vertical or horizontal alignment of element CSS
align input Vertical or horizontal alignment of element CSS
align legend Aligns legend relative to its fieldset CSS
align object Vertical or horizontal alignment of element CSS
align p Horizontal alignment of these block elements CSS
align table Table position relative to window CSS
alink body Color of selected links CSS
alt applet Short description <object>
archive applet Comma-separated archive list <object>
background body Tiling background graphic CSS
bgcolor body Document background color CSS
bgcolor table Background color for cells CSS
bgcolor tr Background color for row CSS
bgcolor th Cell background color CSS
bgcolor td Cell background color CSS
border img Link border width around an image CSS
border object Link border width around an object CSS
clear br Control of text flow CSS
code applet Applet class file <object>
codebase applet Optional base URI for applet <object>
color basefont Text color CSS
color font Text color CSS
compact dir Displays lists with reduced spacing <UL>
compact dl Displays lists with reduced spacing CSS
compact ol Displays lists with reduced spacing CSS
compact ul Displays lists with reduced spacing CSS
face basefont Comma-separated list of font names CSS
face font Comma-separated list of font names CSS
height applet Initial height <object>
height th Height for cell CSS
height td Height for cell CSS
hspace applet Horizontal gutter CSS
hspace img Horizontal gutter CSS
hspace object Horizontal gutter CSS
language script Predefined script language name type
link body Color of links CSS
name a Named link end id
name applet Allows applets to find each other <object>
name form Name of form for scripting id
name frame Name of form for targeting and scripting id
name iframe Name of form for targeting and scripting id
name img Name of image for scripting id
name map Name of map for scripting id
noshade hr Displays rule without 3-D shading CSS
nowrap td Suppresses word wrap CSS
nowrap th Suppresses word wrap CSS
object applet Serialized applet file <object>
prompt isindex Prompt message <form>
size basefont Base font size for font elements CSS
size font Font size (based on default) CSS
size hr Thickness of horizontal rule CSS
start ol Starting sequence number CSS
text body Document text color CSS
type li List item style CSS
type ol Numbering style CSS
type ul Bullet style CSS
value li Reset sequence number CSS
version html   DTD, namespace
vlink body Color of visited links CSS
vspace applet Vertical gutter CSS
vspace img Vertical gutter CSS
vspace object Vertical gutter CSS
vspace applet Vertical gutter CSS
vspace img Vertical gutter CSS
vspace object Vertical gutter CSS
width applet Initial width <object>
width hr Length of horizontal rule CSS
width pre Character length for preformatted text CSS
width td Width for cell CSS
width th Width for cell CSS

* Credit

Adapted for XHTML 1.0 strict from:

More Resources

For the further deprecations (or absences) within HTML 5, see:

For more disallowed elements, see:

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