HTML Attributes

Study Notes

HTML attributes define additional properties to HTML elements.
Attributes are written inside the start tag with attribute-value pairs (attribute=value).
Attributes are normally optional for many HTML tags, but some elements require attributes to function correctly.

The `` element requires the "src" attribute, which refers to the image file name and location.
The `` element also uses the "src" attribute, which refers to the video file name.

The "controls" attribute adds play, pause, and volume controls to the video; no value is assigned to this attribute.
The "width" and "height" attributes control the video size on the webpage, depending on the assigned value.
The "src" attribute in the `` element refers to the video file name.

HTML links are used to navigate between webpages or within a webpage and can be in the form of text or images, also known as hyperlinks.
Hyperlinks are distinguished by the hand symbol that the mouse cursor changes to when hovering over them.

The anchor tag <a> is used to create hyperlinks in HTML.
The format of an HTML element formed from an anchor tag includes an opening </a><a> tag, the link text or image, and a closing </a> tag.

The image element is placed between and tags.
A relative URL is used to reference an image, assuming the image and webpage are in the same folder.
There are two types of URLs:
Absolute URL : Includes every element of a URL (protocol, hostname, and path), e.g., <a href="http://www.somewebsite.com/somefile.html">http://www.somewebsite.com/somefile.html</a>.
Relative URL : A path given relative to the current webpage's location, e.g., somedirectory/somefile.html.