What is attribute in HTML? Types of attributes

What is attribute in HTML?

Attributes are extra bit of information which is used to define the characteristics of an element. Attributes are place inside opening tag and their value sit inside quotation mark. (name=”value”)

Example of defining an attribute

<tag attribute=”value”>Your text here</tag>

<p title=”this is attribute value”>Your text here</p>

Some types of attributes that we can use in html

The  href  attribute

<href> =  the <href> create a link. You can jump the page and the close tag </href>

EXAMPLE:-  <a href=”http://www.java.com”>this is a link</a>

The size attribute

<src> = this is a source (src), and the size of the image (width and height) are all provided as attributes

EXAMPLE:- <img src="image.jpg" alt=”living mom” width="104" height="142">

The alt Attribute

<alt> = The required alt attribute specifies an alternate text for an image, The alt attribute provides alternative information for an image . alt create a tooltip for an image, use the title attribute!

EXAMPLE:- <img src=”imagenew.jpg ” alt="yo yo honey singh">

There are many attributes in html. 

If you know some other feel free to comment 

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