HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

img — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

HTML: <img>; XHTML: <img/> or <img />

Places an image on the page. The src and alt attributes are required. Many attributes of the img element have been deprecated in favor of Cascading Style Sheets for presentation and positioning.

Start/End Tags

This is an empty element. In HTML, the end tag is forbidden. In XHTML, the element must be closed with a trailing slash as just shown. Developers may include a space character before the slash for backward compatibility with older browsers.

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes

align="bottom|left|middle|right|top"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of an image using one of the following values:

Value	Resulting alignment
bottom	Aligns the bottom of the image with the text baseline. This is the default vertical alignment.
left	Aligns the image on the left margin and allows subsequent text to wrap around it.
middle	Aligns the text baseline with the middle of the image.
right	Aligns the image on the right margin and allows subsequent text to wrap around it.
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. Browsers may display this text as a “tool tip” when the mouse rests on the image.

border="number"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Specifies the width (in pixels) of the border that surrounds a linked image.

height="number"

Specifies the height of the image ...