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Attribute

Meaning in web development, with examples

/ˈætrɪbjuːt/nounCore term

In web development, attribute means: Extra information written inside an opening HTML tag as a name and a value, such as href in a link or alt in an image.

In Turkish: öznitelik, nitelik, attribute

How it is used

You add, set, remove and read attributes. Common ones are id, class, href, src, alt and type; custom data-* attributes store your own values for JavaScript.

Example sentences

  1. The image has no alt attribute, so screen readers may read out the file name instead.

  2. Store the product ID in a data attribute on the button.

Common collocations

  • add an attribute
  • alt attribute
  • data attribute
  • attribute value
  • boolean attribute
  • elementA single building block of an HTML page, such as a paragraph, image or button, usually written as an opening tag, content and a closing tag.
  • tagA piece of HTML code in angle brackets, such as <h1> or </p>, that marks where an element starts or ends.
  • classAn HTML attribute that gives an element one or more names, so that CSS and JavaScript can find and style a group of elements together.
  • alt textA short written description of an image, added with the alt attribute, that screen readers read aloud and browsers show if the image fails to load.

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