Question

Name the attributes that are used to do the following in HTML:

Answer 1

Explanation:

Attributes provide additional information about HTML elements.

HTML Attributes

All HTML elements can have attributes

Attributes provide additional information about an element

Attributes are always specified in the start tag

Attributes usually come in name/value pairs like: name="value"

The href Attribute

HTML links are defined with the <a> tag. The link address is specified in the href attribute:

Example

<a href="https://www.w3schools.com">This is a link</a>

You will learn more about links and the <a> tag later in this tutorial.

The src Attribute

HTML images are defined with the <img> tag.

The filename of the image source is specified in the src attribute:

Example

<img src="img_girl.jpg">

The width and height Attributes

HTML images also have width and height attributes, which specifies the width and height of the image:

Example

<img src="img_girl.jpg" width="500" height="600">

The width and height are specified in pixels by default; so width="500" means 500 pixels wide.

You will learn more about images in our HTML Images chapter.

The alt Attribute

The alt attribute specifies an alternative text to be used, if an image cannot be displayed.

The value of the alt attribute can be read by screen readers. This way, someone "listening" to the webpage, e.g. a vision impaired person, can "hear" the element.

Example

<img src="img_girl.jpg" alt="Girl with a jacket">

The alt attribute is also useful if the image cannot be displayed (e.g. if it does not exist):

Example

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

The style attribute is used to specify the styling of an element, like color, font, size etc.

Example

<p style="color:red">This is a paragraph.</p>