HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <img>
This <img> element controls how a picture is displayed on a web page.
Browser compatibility
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What's new in HTML5
The attributes align, border, hspace, longdesc, and vspace are deprecated in HTML5.
Attribute
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| align | top bottom middle left right |
Not supported in HTML5. Set the alignment of an image |
| alt | text | Set an alternate text for an image |
| border | pixels | Not supported in HTML5. Set the border width |
| crossorigin | anonymous use-credentials |
Allow images from third-party sites used in canvas |
| height | pixels | Set the height of an image |
| hspace | pixels | Not supported in HTML5. Set the whitespace on left and right side of an image |
| ismap | ismap | Set an image as a server-side image-map |
| longdesc | URL | Not supported in HTML5. Set the URL to a document containing a long description for the image |
| src | URL | the URL of an image |
| usemap | #mapname | Set an image as a client-side image-map |
| vspace | pixels | Not supported in HTML5. Set the whitespace on top and bottom of an image |
| width | pixels | Set the width of an image |
Global Attributes
The <img> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <img> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
img {
display: inline-block;
}
Example
A demo showing how to use <img> tag.
<html>
<body>
<img src="http://java2s.com/style/download.png"
alt="The Capitan">
</body>
</html>