HTML Alignment Attributes

Study Notes

The align attribute can be used to horizontally align tags, with possible values being right, left, and center.
The valign attribute can be used to vertically align tags within an HTML element, with possible values being top, middle, and bottom.

The four core attributes that can be used on the majority of HTML elements are id, title, class, and style.
The id attribute can be used to uniquely identify any element within an HTML page.

The id attribute can be used to identify a specific element and its content.
The id attribute can be used to distinguish between elements that have the same name.

The title attribute gives a suggested title for the element.
The title attribute is often displayed as a tooltip when the cursor comes over the element or while the element is loading.

The bgcolor attribute can be used to place a background color behind an element, with possible values being numeric, hexadecimal, and RGB values.
The background attribute can be used to place a background image behind an element.
The width attribute can be used to specify the width of tables, images, or table cells, with a numeric value.
The height attribute can be used to specify the height of tables, images, or table cells, with a numeric value.

An HTML element is defined by a starting tag and can have a closing tag.
An HTML element can contain other content, including other HTML elements.
It is possible to nest HTML elements, where one element is placed inside another element.

HTML allows for text to be formatted in various ways, including bold, italicized, and underlined.
There are ten options available to indicate how text can appear in HTML and XHTML.