mPDF Manual – HTML support

HTML Tags

HTML tags supported

The following HTML tags/elements are recognised and supported (to some extent) by mPDF. All HTML elements are hard-coded in mPDF to be treated as block or in-line elements (e.g. equivalent to CSS display:block or display:inline). This cannot be changed using CSS.

Tag mPDF Display type CSS Description
<!--...-->     Defines a comment
<!DOCTYPE>      Defines the document type
<a> INLINE Defines a hyperlink
<abbr>       Defines an abbreviation
<acronym> INLINE Not supported in HTML5. Defines an acronym
<address> BLOCK Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document
<applet>       Not supported in HTML5. Defines an embedded applet
<area>       Defines an area inside an image-map
<article> BLOCK Defines an article
<aside> BLOCK Defines content aside from the page content
<audio>       Defines sound content
<b> INLINE Defines bold text
<base>       Specifies the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document
<basefont>       Not supported in HTML5. Specifies a default color, size, and font for all text in a document
<bdi> INLINE   Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it. mPDF≥6.0
<bdo> INLINE   Overrides the current text direction
<big> INLINE Not supported in HTML5. Defines big text
<blockquote> BLOCK Defines a section that is quoted from another source
<body>   Defines the document's body
<br>   Defines a single line break
<button>       Defines a clickable button
<canvas>       Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript)
<caption> BLOCK/TABLE Defines a table caption
<center> BLOCK Not supported in HTML5. Defines centered text
<cite> INLINE Defines the title of a work
<code> INLINE Defines a piece of computer code
<col>       Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element 
<colgroup>       Specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting
<command>       Defines a command button that a user can invoke
<datalist>       Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input controls
<dd> BLOCK Defines a description of an item in a definition list
<del> INLINE Defines text that has been deleted from a document
<details> BLOCK Defines additional details that the user can view or hide
<dfn>       Defines a definition term
<dir>       Not supported in HTML5. Defines a directory list
<div> BLOCK Defines a section in a document
<dl> BLOCK Defines a definition list
<dt> BLOCK Defines a term (an item) in a definition list
<em> INLINE Defines emphasized text 
<embed>       Defines a container for an external (non-HTML) application
<fieldset> FORMS Groups related elements in a form
<figcaption>  BLOCK Defines a caption for a <figure> element
<figure>  BLOCK Specifies self-contained content
<font> INLINE Not supported in HTML5. Defines font, color, and size for text
<footer> BLOCK Defines a footer for a document or section
<form> FORMS Defines an HTML form for user input
<frame>       Not supported in HTML5. Defines a window (a frame) in a frameset
<frameset>       Not supported in HTML5. Defines a set of frames
<h1> to <h6> BLOCK Defines HTML headings
<head>     Defines information about the document
<header> BLOCK Defines a header for a document or section
<hgroup> BLOCK Groups heading (<h1> to <h6>) elements
<hr>   Defines a thematic change in the content
<html>     Defines the root of an HTML document
<i> INLINE Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood
<iframe>       Defines an inline frame
<img> INLINE Defines an image
<input> FORMFIELD Defines an input control
<ins> INLINE Defines a text that has been inserted into a document
<kbd> INLINE Defines keyboard input
<keygen>       Defines a key-pair generator field (for forms)
<label>       Defines a label for an <input> element
<legend> FORMFIELD   Defines a caption for a <fieldset>, < figure>, or <details> element
<li>  BLOCK Defines a list item
<link>     Defines the relationship between a document and an external resource
<main> BLOCK Defines a main section
<map>       Defines a client-side image-map
<mark> INLINE Defines marked/highlighted text
<menu>       Defines a list/menu of commands
<meta>       Defines metadata about an HTML document
<meter> INLINE   Defines a scalar measurement within a known range (a gauge)
<nav> BLOCK Defines navigation links
<noframes>       Not supported in HTML5. Defines an alternate content for users that do not support frames
<noscript>       Defines an alternate content for users that do not support client-side scripts
<object>       Defines an embedded object
<ol>  BLOCK Defines an ordered list
<optgroup>       Defines a group of related options in a drop-down list
<option> FORMFIELD   Defines an option in a drop-down list
<output>     Defines the result of a calculation
<p> BLOCK Defines a paragraph
<param>       Defines a parameter for an object
<pre> BLOCK   Defines preformatted text
<progress>   Represents the progress of a task
<q> INLINE Defines a short quotation
<rp>       Defines what to show in browsers that do not support ruby annotations
<rt>       Defines an explanation/pronunciation of characters (for East Asian typography)
<ruby>       Defines a ruby annotation (for East Asian typography)
<s> INLINE Defines text that is no longer correct
<samp> INLINE Defines sample output from a computer program
<script>       Defines a client-side script
<section> BLOCK Defines a section in a document
<select> FORMFIELD Defines a drop-down list
<small> INLINE Defines smaller text
<source>       Defines multiple media resources for media elements (<video> and <audio>)
<span> INLINE Defines a section in a document
<strike> INLINE Not supported in HTML5. Defines strikethrough text
<strong> INLINE Defines important text
<style>     Defines style information for a document
<sub> INLINE Defines subscripted text
<summary> BLOCK Defines a visible heading for a <details> element
<sup> INLINE Defines superscripted text
<table> TABLE Defines a table
<tbody> TABLE   Groups the body content in a table
<td> TABLE Defines a cell in a table
<textarea> FORMFIELD Defines a multiline input control (text area)
<tfoot> TABLE Groups the footer content in a table
<th> TABLE Defines a header cell in a table
<thead> TABLE Groups the header content in a table
<time> INLINE Defines a date/time
<title>       Defines a title for the document
<tr> TABLE Defines a row in a table
<track>       Defines text tracks for media elements (<video> and <audio>)
<tt> INLINE Not supported in HTML5. Defines teletype text
<u> INLINE Defines text that should be stylistically different from normal text
<ul> BLOCK Defines an unordered list
<var> INLINE Defines a variable
<video>       Defines a video or movie
<wbr>     Defines a possible line-break (treated as identical to soft-hyphen) mPDF ≥5.7

XHTML compatible forms are recognised e.g. <br />

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