IMG image; photo, icon, glyph, or illustration HTML 4.01 Strict

IMG

Purpose

Embedded image

Description

This element places an image in a document. The alt attribute is used to display a string of text when the image can not be displayed (e.g., in non-graphical browsers). Note that it is a good idea to fill in the alt attribute so that users with non-graphical browsers can gain information. For example, when the image conveys information not explained in the text or the image is used in an anchor.

Start tag

Required <IMG>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
alt	CDATA	#REQUIRED	text; short description
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
height	CDATA	#IMPLIED	nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length; override height
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
ismap	( ismap )	#IMPLIED	use server-side image map
lang	NAME	#IMPLIED	language code as RFC1766; language code
longdesc	CDATA	#IMPLIED	Uniform Resource Identifier as per RFC2396; a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a URI; link to long description (complements alt)
name	CDATA	#IMPLIED	name of image for scripting
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed down
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed and released
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was released
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved within
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved away
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was released
src	CDATA	#REQUIRED	Uniform Resource Identifier as per RFC2396; a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a URI; URI of image to embed
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	style sheet data; associated style info
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	text; advisory title
usemap	CDATA	#IMPLIED	Uniform Resource Identifier as per RFC2396; a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a URI; use client-side image map
width	CDATA	#IMPLIED	nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length; override width

Content

EMPTY

End tag

Forbidden

Referenced in

A ABBR ACRONYM ADDRESS B BDO BIG BUTTON CAPTION CITE CODE DD DEL DFN DIV DT EM FIELDSET H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 I INS KBD LABEL LEGEND LI OBJECT P PRE Q SAMP SMALL SPAN STRONG SUB SUP TD TH TT VAR

Example

Source

Appearance

<P>
<IMG Src="http://www.december.com/html/images/icon.gif" alt="logo for the HTML Station"> Visit us today!
<P>
<IMG Src="http://www.december.com/html/images/icon.gif" alt="logo for the HTML Station" width="100" height="200"> Meeting your hypertext needs since 1996.
<P>
<MAP Name="mymap">
<AREA Shape="rect" Coords="0,0,100,50" Href="http://www.december.com/html/" Alt="The HTML Station">
</MAP>
<IMG Src="../../images/icon.gif" Usemap="#mymap" Width="100" Height="100" Ismap Alt="imagemap">

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