The HTML <img> tag is used to put an image in an HTML document.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/html.gif" alt="HTML Tutorial" height="150" width="140" />
</body>
</html>
Specific Attributes
The HTML <img> tag also supports following additional attributes:
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
align | top bottom middle left right |
Deprecated-Specifies the alignment for the image. |
alt | text | Specifies alternate text |
border | pixels | Deprecated - Specifies the width of the image border. |
crossorigin | anonymous use-credentials | It allows images from third-party sites that allow cross-origin access to be reused with canvas. |
height | pixels or % | Specifies the height of the image. |
hspace | pixels | Deprecated - Amount of white space to be inserted to the left and right of the object. |
ismap | URL | Defines the image as a server-side image map. |
longdesc | text | Deprecated-Specifies a URI/URL of a long description - this can elaborate on a shorter description specified with the alt attribute. |
src | URL | the url of an image |
usemap | #mapname | Defines the image as a client-side image map and used alongwith <map> and <area> tags. |
vspace | pixels | Deprecated - Amount of white space to be inserted to the top and bottom of the object. |
width | pixels or % | Sets the width of an image in pixels or in %. |