NN 2, 3, 4, 6MSIE2, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6HTML4.01WebTVOpera5
<img> (no end tag)
Places a graphic on the page.
Attributes
align=type
Deprecated.
Specifies the alignment of an image using one of the following attributes:
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Type |
Resulting alignment |
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Absbottom |
Navigator 3.0 + and Internet Explorer 4.0 + only. Aligns the bottom of the image with the bottom of the current line. |
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Absmiddle |
Navigator 3.0 + and Internet Explorer 4.0 + only. Aligns the middle of the image with the middle of the current line. |
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Baseline |
Navigator 3.0 + and Internet Explorer 4.0 + only . Aligns the bottom of the image with the baseline of the current line. |
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bottom |
Aligns the bottom of the image with the text baseline. This is the default vertical alignment. |
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center |
According to the W3C specification, this centers the image horizontally on the page; however, in practice, browsers treat it the same as align=middle. |
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left |
Aligns the image on the left margin and allows subsequent text to wrap around it. |
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middle |
Aligns the text baseline with the middle of the image. |
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right |
Aligns the image on the right margin and allows subsequent text to wrap around it. |
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texttop |
Navigator only. Aligns the top of the image with the ascenders of the text line. An ascender is the part of a lowercase letter (like "d") that rises above the main body of the letter. |
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top |
Aligns the top of the image with the top of the tallest object on that line. |
alt=text
Required.
Provides a string of alternative text that appears when the image is not displayed. Internet Explorer 4.0+ and Netscape 6 on Windows display this text as a "tool tip" when the mouse rests on the image.border=number
Specifies the width (in pixels) of the border that surrounds a linked image. It is standard practice to set border=0 to turn the border off.
height=number
Specifies the height of the image in pixels. It is not required, but is recommended to speed up the rendering of the web page.
hspace=number
Specifies (in number of pixels) the amount of space to leave clear to the left and right of the image.
ismap
Indicates that the graphic is used as the basis for a server-side imagemap (an image containing multiple hypertext links). See Chapter 11 for more information on server-side imagemaps.
longdesc=url
Specifies a link to a long description of the image or an imagemap’s contents. This may one day be used to make information about the image accessible to nonvisual browsers, but it is not currently supported.
lowsrc=url
Netscape Navigator (all versions) and Internet Explorer 4.0+ only. Specifies an image (usually of a smaller file size) that will download first, followed by the final image specified by the src attribute.
name=text
Assigns the image element a name so it can be referred to by a script or style sheet.
src=url
Required.
Provides the location of the graphic file to be displayed.usemap=url
Specifies the map containing coordinates and links for a client-side imagemap (an image containing multiple hypertext links). See Chapter 11 for more information on client-side imagemaps.
vspace=number
Specifies (in number of pixels) the amount of space to leave clear above and below the image.
width=number
Specifies the width of the image in pixels. It is not required, but is recommended to speed up the rendering of the web page.
Internet Explorer’s dynsrc attribute
Using a dynsrc attribute, Internet Explorer Versions 2.0 and later also use the <img> tag to place a video on the page. The following attributes are related to the dynsrc function and work only with Internet Explorer:
controls
Displays playback controls for the video.
dynsrc=url
Provides the location of the video file to be displayed on the page.
loop=number|infinite
Sets the number of times to play the video. It can be a number value or set to infinite.
start=fileopen|mouseover|fileopen, mouseover
Specifies when to play the video. By default, it begins playing as soon as it’s downloaded (fileopen). You can set it to start when the mouse pointer is over the movie area (mouseover). If you combine them (separated by a comma), the movie plays once when it’s downloaded, then again every time the user mouses over it.