Web Designing - HTML Attributes

HTML Attributes

HTML Lists

    »  HTML supports ordered, unordered and definition lists

Unordered Lists

    »  An unordered list is a list of items. The list items are marked with bullets (typically small black circles).

    »  An unordered list starts with the <ul> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

      <ul>
      <li>Chennaisunday</li>
      <li>Web Designing</li>
      </ul>
Here is how it looks in a browser:

Chennaisunday
Web Designing

Inside a list item you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.

Ordered Lists

    »  An ordered list is also a list of items. The list items are marked with numbers.

    »  An ordered list starts with the <ol> tag. Each list item starts with the <li> tag.

      <ol>
      <li>Chennaisunday</li>
      <li>Web Designing</li>
      </ol>
Here is how it looks in a browser:

Chennaisunday
Web Designing

Inside a list item you can put paragraphs, line breaks, images, links, other lists, etc.

HTML Attributes

    »  HTML elements can have attributes.

    »  Attributes provide additional information about the element.

    »  Attributes are always specified in the start tag.

    »  Attributes come in name/value pairs like: name="value".

HTML Attributes Reference

» A full list of legal attributes for each HTML element is listed in our:

» Below is a list of some attributes that are standard for most HTML 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

Standard Event Attributes

    »  HTML 4 added the ability to let events trigger actions in a browser, like starting a JavaScript when a user
        clicks on an element.

    »  Below is the standard event attributes that can be inserted into HTML / XHTML elements to
        define event action

<body> and <frameset> Events

    »  The two attributes below can only be used in <body> or <frameset>:

Attribute	Value	Description
onload	script	Script to be run when a document load
onunload	script	Script to be run when a document unload

Form Events

» The attributes below can be used in form elements:

Attribute	Value	Description
onblur	script	Script to be run when an element loses focus
onchange	script	Script to be run when an element change
onfocus	script	Script to be run when an element gets focus
onreset	script	Script to be run when a form is reset
onselect	script	Script to be run when an element is selected
onsubmit	script	Script to be run when a form is submitted

Mouse Events

» Valid in all elements except base, bdo, br, frame, frameset, head, html, iframe, meta, param, script, style, and
title.

Attribute	Value	Description
onclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse click
ondblclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse double-click
onmousedown	script	Script to be run when mouse button is pressed
onmousemove	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves
onmouseout	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves out of an element
onmouseover	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmouseup	script	Script to be run when mouse button is released

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