Table of
Contents
Editors
Tags
Text
Formatting
Entities
Links
Frames
Tables
Lists
Forms
Images
Backgrounds
The
Image Tag and the src Attribute
In HTML, images are defined with the <img> tag.
The <img> tag is empty, which means that it contains attributes
only and it has no closing tag.
To display an image on a page, you need to use the src attribute. Src
stands for "source". The value of the src attribute is the URL
of the image you want to display on your page.
The Alt Attribute
The alt attribute is used to define an "alternate text" for
an image. The value of the alt attribute is an author-defined text
The "alt" attribute tells the reader what he or she is missing
on a page if the browser can't load images. The browser will then display
the alternate text instead of the image. It is a good practice to include
the "alt" attribute for each image on a page, to improve the
display and usefulness of your document for people who have text-only
browsers.
Image Tags
| Tags | Description |
| <img> | Defines an Image |
| <map> | Defines an Image Map |
| <area> | Defines an Area inside an Image Map |
Background Image
This example demonstrates how to add a background image to an HTML page.
Aligning Images
This example demonstrates how to align an image within the text.