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HTML <img> tag

Examples

How to insert an image:

<img src="smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face" height="42" width="42">

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(For more examples, see the bottom of the page)

Browser Support

Internet ExplorerFirefoxOperaGoogle ChromeSafari

All major browsers support the <img> tag.


Tag definitions and instructions

<Img> tag defines an HTML page images.

<Img> tag has two required attributes: src and alt.

Note: Technically, the image will not be inserted into the HTML page, but the link to the HTML page.Role <img> tag is to create a placeholder image is referenced.

Tip: by nesting <img> tag in <a> tab, add to the image to link to another document.


Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML5 does not support the following attributes: align, border, hspace, longdesc, vspace.

In HTML 4.01, the following attributes: align, border, hspace, vspace obsolete .


Differences between HTML and XHTML

In HTML, <img> tag has no end tag.

In XHTML, <img> tag must be closed properly.


Attributes

New: HTML5 new property.

属性 描述
align top
bottom
middle
left
right
HTML5 不支持。HTML 4.01 已废弃。 规定如何根据周围的文本来排列图像。
alt text 规定图像的替代文本。
border pixels HTML5 不支持。HTML 4.01 已废弃。 规定图像周围的边框。
crossorigin New anonymous
use-credentials
设置图像的跨域属性
height pixels 规定图像的高度。
hspace pixels HTML5 不支持。HTML 4.01 已废弃。 规定图像左侧和右侧的空白。
ismap ismap 将图像规定为服务器端图像映射。
longdesc URL HTML5 不支持。HTML 4.01 已废弃。 指向包含长的图像描述文档的 URL。
src URL 规定显示图像的 URL。
usemap #mapname 将图像定义为客户器端图像映射。
vspace pixels HTML5 不支持。HTML 4.01 已废弃。 规定图像顶部和底部的空白。
width pixels 规定图像的宽度。


Global Properties

<img> tag supports HTML global properties .


Event Properties

<img> tag supports HTML event properties .


Examples

Try - Example

Insert pictures from different locations
This example demonstrates how different folder or server images to display Web pages.

Create an image link
This example demonstrates how to use the image as a link.

Create image maps
This example demonstrates how to create image maps with clickable areas. Each of these regions is a hyperlink.


related articles

HTML Tutorial: HTML Images

HTML DOM Reference Manual: Image Object