img – image # T
The img element represents an image.
Permitted contents #
Permitted attributes #
- global attributes
- Any attributes permitted globally.
- src = Non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces #
- A URL referencing a non-interactive, optionally animated, image that is neither paged nor scripted.
- alt = normal character data #
- The fallback content for the image.
- height = non-negative integer #
- The height of the image, in CSS pixels.
- width = non-negative integer #
- The width of the image, in CSS pixels.
- usemap = hash-name reference #
- A hash-name reference to a map element with which to associate the image.
- ismap = "ismap" or "" (empty string) or empty #
- Specifies that its img element provides access to a server-side image map.
- border = zero OBSOLETE#
- Specifies that its img element represents a borderless image.
- The border attribute on the img element is obsolete. Consider specifying “img { border: 0; }“ in CSS instead.
The literal string "
0".
Additional constraints and admonitions #
- The element imgwith the attribute usemap must notappear as a descendant of the a element.
- The element imgwith the attribute usemap must notappear as a descendant of the button element.
- The img element with the ismap attribute set must have an ancestor a element with the href attribute.
- The longdesc attribute on the img element is obsolete.Use a regular a element to link to the description.
- The name attribute on the img element is obsolete.Use the id attribute instead.
- The align attribute on the img element is obsolete.Use CSS instead.
- The hspace attribute on the img element is obsolete.Use CSS instead.
- The vspace attribute on the img element is obsolete.Use CSS instead.
- The border attribute on the img element is obsolete.Use CSS instead.
Tag omission #
The img element is a void element. An img element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.
Permitted parent elements #
any element that can contain phrasing elements
DOM interface #
[NamedConstructor=Image(), NamedConstructor=Image(in unsigned long width), NamedConstructor=Image(in unsigned long width, in unsigned long height)]interface HTMLImageElement : HTMLElement { attribute DOMString alt; attribute DOMString src; attribute DOMString useMap; attribute boolean isMap; attribute unsigned long width; attribute unsigned long height; readonly attribute unsigned long naturalWidth; readonly attribute unsigned long naturalHeight; readonly attribute boolean complete;};