HTML tag

Optional Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
alink	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Specifies the color of the active links in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead.	TF
background	file_name	An image to use as the background. Deprecated. Use styles instead.	TF
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	The background color of the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead.	TF
link	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Specifies the color of all the links in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead.	TF
text	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Specifies the color of the text in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead.	TF
vlink	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Specifies the color of the visited links in the document. Deprecated. Use styles instead.	TF

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang

HTML tags can have attributes. The special attributes for each tag are listed under each tag description. The attributes listed here are the core and language attributes that are standard for all tags (with a few exceptions).

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Core Attributes

Not valid in base, head, html, meta, param, script, style, and title elements.

Attribute	Value	Description
class	class_rule or style_rule	The class of the element
id	id_name	A unique id for the element
style	style_definition	An inline style definition
title	tooltip_text	A text to display in a tool tip

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Language Attributes

Not valid in base, br, frame, frameset, hr, iframe, param, and script elements.

Attribute	Value	Description
dir	ltr | rtl	Sets the text direction
lang	language_code	Sets the language code

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Keyboard Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
accesskey	character	Sets a keyboard shortcut to access an element
tabindex	number	Sets the tab order of an element

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