HTML Attributes

Attributes are unique words used to modify or add functionality to an HTML element to meet users requirements. Attributes are written on the opening tag of HTML elements, after the element's name. All attributes consists of two part - a name and a value separated by = sign.

< element attributename =" value " > content here < /element >

Most often used attributes :

Attribute name	Description	Example
id	id attribute is used to uniquely identify any HTML element	< p id = "para" > This is a paragraph < /p >
class	class attribute is generally used to associate with a style sheet	class = "classname1, classname2"
style	style attribute is used for styling of an element.	< p style = "font-family:arial; color:green" > This is a paragraph < /p >
title	title attribute is used for suggestion of a element. Value of title attribute will be shown on mouseover.	< h1 title = "titleattribute" > Suggestion will be shown on mouseover < /h1 >
href	href defines a link address. href is used with < a >	< a href = "www.wordsclank.in" > wordsclank < /a >
img	img attribute are defined for images	< img src = "image.jpg" >
src	src attribute defines the source of the image.	< img src = "image.jpg" >
alt	alt attribute is used to show a alternate text.	< img src = "image.jpg"  alt = "altrnt_txt" >
width and height	width and height attributes are used to define the size of an element.	< img src = "image.jpg" width="20px" height="20px" >

We will learn a lot of attributes later. These the most often used HTML attributes.