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HTML GUIDE in Downloadable Zipped PDF Form
  1. Introduction

    Structure

  2. HTML Document Structure
  3. The Header Section
  4. The Body Section
  5. Using Frames
  6. Element Categories
  7. Element Containment

    Layout Mechanisms

  8. Headers and Paragraphs
  9. Lists
  10. Tables

    Formatting

  11. Common Attributes
  12. Block Formatting, pre, blockquote
  13. Line Formatting, break, HR
  14. Text Formatting
  15. Extra Formatting (SPAN and DIV)
  16. Special Characters
  17. Setting Document Style
  18. CSS Properties

    More

  19. Embedding Graphics
  20. Playing Sound
  21. Anchors and Links
  22. Forms
  23. Embedding Script
  24. Applets
  25. XHTML

    Appendices

  26. A List of Tags
  27. Terms
  28. Recommended Reading
  29. Credits

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HTML Attributes

Common HTML attributes are applicable to many or most HTML elements. These HTML attributes allow additional setting of style or other characteristics to the element. The HTML attributes outlined on this page are common in many HTML elements.

ID attribute

Used as a unique identifier for elements for style sheets. In HTML page:

<hr id="firsthr">

In style sheet:

hr#firsthr { color: #80b0ff; height: 15; width: 100% }

CLASS attribute

Used to specify similar attributes for dissimilar elements by putting them in the same class. In HTML page:

<p class="indent">

In style sheet:

.indent { margin-right: 5%; margin-left: 5%; color: #0000ff }

STYLE attribute

Used to set various element attributes to specific values. Example:

<h1 style="text-align: center">Common Attributes</h1>

TITLE attribute

A tool tip on visual browsers.



LANG attribute

An international attribute which is used to set the international language type.

lang="en"

DIR attribute

An international attribute which is used to set whether text is read left to right or right to left.

dir="ltr"

Reserved Attributes

There are also reserved attributes used with the following elements. Reserved attributes may be used to bind HTML documents to XML documents. Elements that use reserved attributes:

  • BUTTON
  • DIV
  • INPUT
  • OBJECT
  • SELECT
  • SPAN
  • TABLE
  • TEXTAREA

The reserved attributes are:

  • datasrc - Specifies the source of data using a URI.
  • datafld - Specifies a column or property name.
  • dataformatas - Specifies how the data is to be formatted with possible values being "html" or "text".