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HTML

Posted by Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
3,266 Points

What is a HTML Attribute?

I'm referring to this in general in HTML.

2 Answers

Yaroslav Kleshchev
Yaroslav Kleshchev
8,744 Points

An HTML attribute is extra information that can be assigned to an element. This lets help developers when customizing html elements. languages like CSS and Javascript take advantage of attributes.

Kaleena Perkins
Kaleena Perkins
14,792 Points
Kaleena Perkins
Kaleena Perkins
14,792 Points

Hi,

I hope this helps. If I am incorrect, or you have a clearer way to explain it, please let me know.

According to the MDN (Mozilla Developer Network) "Elements in HTML have attributes; these are additional values that configure the elements or adjust their behavior in various ways to meet the criteria the users want."

So, basically, the HTML has elements, such as, <head>, <body>, <a>, <img>, etc..., the attributes are what define those elements in order to make the website interesting.

For example, the <a> element is an anchor element, but its attribute is the "href" which actually states what the element links to. So the HTML would state: <a href = "www.link.com"></a>

I hope that helps! Take care, Kaleena

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Kaleena,

When you are posting HTML on the site, be sure to either wrap it with 3 backticks as shown in the Markdown Cheatsheet/in the image below. You can also use HTML entities to display a < and >. Just use "& lt;" for < (put & and lt; together) and the same goes for > which is "& gt;" no spaces. If you don't do either of these methods, your elements will not display on the forums.

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