HTML Attributes

What is an HTML Attribute?

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  • Attributes provide additional information about the contents of the an element.

  • They are placed in the opening tag

  • They have two parts: name, value

Attribute Structure

  • Attribute Name

    • Indicates what kind of extra information you are supplying to the browser about the content in the element characters within the brackets indicates the tags purpose

  • Attribute Value

    • Information or setting for the attribute
    • Is placed in double or single quotes

Example of a HTML Attribute


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