HTML Attributes

What Is It?

An attribute adds information to an HTML tag. Write it inside the opening tag.

What the Tags Mean

• href: a link’s destination.
• id: a unique name for an element.
• title: extra information, often shown on hover.

Example 1

Save each example as index.html and open it in your browser. Each code block is a complete page.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>HTML Attributes</title>
 
</head>
<body>
<a href="#contact">Contact details</a>
<h2 id="contact">Contact us</h2>
</body>
</html>

What you see: Clicking Contact details jumps to the heading with id="contact".

Example 2: Another Use

Use attributes to give an input a starting value.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>HTML Attributes</title>
 
</head>
<body>
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input id="name" value="Asha">
</body>
</html>

Simple Tip

Quote attribute values, for example value="Asha".

Try It Yourself

Change the starting name in the input.