Inline Images
Inline images are images that occur in the normal flow of
the document’s content. As inline elements, they affect the visual display of other elements
in the flow, unlike background images, which render behind elements.
Images are added to the document with the img element. Images are considered to be
replaced elements because the actual content resides in external files
rather than in the source document.
Tip
The HTML 4.01 Recommendation allows images to be added using the
generic object element, as
demonstrated later in this chapter. Because the object method is not universally supported,
the img element is still the primary
element used to place images in web documents.
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