HTML Attributes

• HTML elements can have attributes



• Attributes provide additional information about the element



• Attributes are always specified in the start tag



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

Attribute Example
HTML links are defined with the tag. The link address is provided as an attribute:

Always Quote Attribute Values
Attribute values should always be enclosed in quotes.
Double style quotes are the most common, but single style quotes are also allowed.
In some rare situations, like when the attribute value itself contains quotes, it is necessary to use single quotes:
name='Mark "Major" Guapo'

HTML Attributes Reference
A full list of legal attributes for each HTML element is listed in our:

Nested HTML Elements

Most HTML elements can be nested (can contain other HTML elements).
HTML documents consist of nested HTML elements.

The example above contains 3 HTML elements.

HTML Element Syntax

• An HTML element starts with a start tag / opening tag
• An HTML element ends with an end tag / closing tag
• The element content is everything between the start and the end tag
• Some HTML elements have empty content
• Empty elements are closed in the start tag
• Most HTML elements can have attributes

HTML Elements

HTML documents are defined by HTML elements.

An HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:

* The start tag is often called the opening tag. The end tag is often called the closing tag.

HTML Images

HTML images are defined with the img tag.

Note: The name and the size of the image are provided as attributes.

HTML Links

HTML links are defined with the a tag.




Note: The link address is provided as an attribute.

HTML Paragraphs

HTML paragraphs are defined with the p tag.