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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>HTML <img> Tag
Example
How to insert an image:
<img src="smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face"
height="42" width="42">
Try it yourself »
(more examples at the bottom of this page)
Browser Support
The <img> tag is supported in all major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The <img> tag defines an image in an HTML page.
The <img> tag has two required attributes: src and alt.
Note: Images are not technically inserted into an HTML page, images are linked to HTML pages. The <img> tag creates a holding space for the referenced image.
Tip: To link an image to another document, simply nest the <img> tag inside <a> tags.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The following attributes: align, border, hspace, longdesc, and vspace is not supported in HTML5.
The following attributes: align, border, hspace, and vspace are deprecated in HTML 4.01.
Differences Between HTML and XHTML
In HTML the <img> tag has no end tag.
In XHTML the <img> tag must be properly closed.
Attributes
New : New in HTML5.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| align | top bottom middle left right |
Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the alignment of an image according to surrounding elements |
| alt | text | Specifies an alternate text for an image |
| border | pixels | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the width of the border around an image |
| crossoriginNew | anonymous use-credentials |
Allow images from third-party sites that allow cross-origin access to be used with canvas |
| height | pixels | Specifies the height of an image |
| hspace | pixels | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the whitespace on left and right side of an image |
| ismap | ismap | Specifies an image as a server-side image-map |
| longdesc | URL | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the URL to a document that contains a long description of an image |
| src | URL | Specifies the URL of an image |
| usemap | #mapname | Specifies an image as a client-side image-map |
| vspace | pixels | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the whitespace on top and bottom of an image |
| width | pixels | Specifies the width of an image |
Global Attributes
The <img> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <img> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Try it Yourself - Examples
Insert images from different locations
How to insert images from another folder or from another web site.
Make a hyperlink of an image
How to add a hyperlink to an image.
Create an image map
How to create an image map, with clickable regions. Each region is a hyperlink.
Related Pages
HTML tutorial: HTML Images
HTML DOM reference: Image object
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