Slide 30 - Common HTML5 Elements - Embedded content § Session 02

Common HTML5 Elements - Embedded content

img element
Key attributes
- src
- alt

img element

HTML documents do not contain the images themselves, but merely contain references to the images to be displayed. Common image file types are:

GIF, Graphics Interchange Format, ".gif"
JPEG, Joint Photographic Experts Group, ".jpg", ".jpeg"
PNG, Portable Network Graphics, ".png"

Example 2.9 - img element - Example 2.9

Markup
Display

<img src="https://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/images/harvard-extension-school-shield.png"
  alt="Harvard University Extension School Shield" height="330" width="287" />

Example 2.10 - 'img' element with an anchor - Example 2.10

Markup
Display

<a href="https://extension.harvard.edu/">
  <img src="https://cscie12.dce.harvard.edu/images/harvard-extension-school-shield.png"
    alt="Harvard University Extension School Shield" height="330" width="287" />
</a>