Elevate your HTML skills with attribute mastery! Explore examples to understand and leverage HTML attributes, enhancing your web development capabilities. HTML attributes provide additional information about HTML elements.
The <a>
tag defines a hyperlink. The href
attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to:
<a href="https://www.codequs.com">Visit codequs</a>
The <img>
tag is used to embed an image in an HTML page. The src
attribute specifies the path to the image to be displayed:
<img src="img_girl.jpg">
There are two ways to specify the URL in the src
attribute:
1. Absolute URL - Links to an external image that is hosted on another website. Example: src="https://www.codequs.com/images/img_girl.jpg"
.
Notes: External images might be under copyright. If you do not get permission to use it, you may be in violation of copyright laws. In addition, you cannot control external images; it can suddenly be removed or changed.
2. Relative URL - Links to an image that is hosted within the website. Here, the URL does not include the domain name. If the URL begins without a slash, it will be relative to the current page. Example: src="img_girl.jpg". If the URL begins with a slash, it will be relative to the domain. Example: src="/images/img_girl.jpg".
Tip: It is almost always best to use relative URLs. They will not break if you change domain.
The <img>
tag should also contain the width
and height
attributes, which specify the width and height of the image (in pixels):
<img src="img_girl.jpg" width="500" height="600">
The required alt
attribute for the <img>
tag specifies an alternate text for an image, if the image for some reason cannot be displayed. This can be due to a slow connection, or an error in the src
attribute, or if the user uses a screen reader.
<img src="img_girl.jpg" alt="Girl with a jacket">
See what happens if we try to display an image that does not exist:
<img src="img_typo.jpg" alt="Girl with a jacket">
The style
attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and more.
<p style="color:red;">This is a red paragraph.</p>
You should always include the lang
attribute inside the <html>
tag, to declare the language of the Web page. This is meant to assist search engines and browsers.
The following example specifies English as the language:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
Country codes can also be added to the language code in the lang
attribute. So, the first two characters define the language of the HTML page, and the last two characters define the country.
The following example specifies English as the language and United States as the country:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
The title
attribute defines some extra information about an element.
The value of the title attribute will be displayed as a tooltip when you mouse over the element:
<p title="I'm a tooltip">This is a paragraph.</p>
The HTML standard does not require lowercase attribute names.
The title attribute (and all other attributes) can be written with uppercase or lowercase like title or TITLE.
However, W3C recommends lowercase attributes in HTML, and demands lowercase attributes for stricter document types like XHTML.
At W3Schools we always use lowercase attribute names.
The HTML standard does not require quotes around attribute values.
However, W3C recommends quotes in HTML, and demands quotes for stricter document types like XHTML.
<a href="https://www.codequs.com/html/">Visit our HTML tutorial</a>
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Sometimes you have to use quotes. This example will not display the title attribute correctly, because it contains a space:
<p title=About codequs>
Double quotes around attribute values are the most common in HTML, but single quotes can also be used.
In some situations, when the attribute value itself contains double quotes, it is necessary to use single quotes:
<p title='John "ShotGun" Nelson'>
Or vice versa:
<p title="John 'ShotGun' Nelson">
href
attribute of <a>
specifies the URL of the page the link goes tosrc
attribute of <img>
specifies the path to the image to be displayedwidth
and height
attributes of <img>
provide size information for imagesalt
attribute of <img>
provides an alternate text for an imagestyle
attribute is used to add styles to an element, such as color, font, size, and morelang
attribute of the <html>
tag declares the language of the Web pagetitle
attribute defines some extra information about an element#html