| Attribute | Belongs to | Description |
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| id | Global Attributes | Specifies a unique id for an element. |
| class | Global Attributes | Specifies one or more classnames for an element (refers to a class in a style sheet). |
| style | Global Attributes | Specifies an inline CSS style for an element. |
| tabindex | Global Attributes | Specifies the tabbing order of an element. |
| title | Global Attributes | Specifies extra information about an element. |
| accesskey | Global Attributes | Specifies a shortcut key to activate/focus an element. |
| contenteditable | Global Attributes | Specifies whether the content of an element is editable or not. |
| contextmenu | Global Attributes | Specifies a context menu for an element. The context menu appears when a user right-clicks on the element. |
| data-* | Global Attributes | Used to store custom data private to the page or application. |
| dir | Global Attributes | Specifies the text direction for the content in an element. |
| draggable | Global Attributes | Specifies whether an element is draggable or not. |
| dropzone | Global Attributes | Specifies whether the dragged data is copied, moved, or linked, when dropped. |
| hidden | Global Attributes | Specifies that an element is not yet, or is no longer, relevant. |
| lang | Global Attributes | Specifies the language of the element's content. |
| spellcheck | Global Attributes | Specifies whether the element is to have its spelling and grammar checked or not. |
| translate | Global Attributes | Specifies whether the content of an element should be translated or not. |
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| onblur | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element loses focus. |
| onchange | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the value of the element is changed. |
| onclick | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element is being clicked. |
| oncontextmenu | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a context menu is triggered |
| oncopy | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the content of the element is being copied. |
| oncut | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the content of the element is being cut. |
| ondblclick | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element is being double-clicked. |
| ondrag | All visible elements. | Script to be run at the end of a drag operation. |
| ondragend | All visible elements. | Script to be run at the end of a drag operation. |
| ondragenter | All visible elements. | Script to be run when an element has been dragged to a valid drop target. |
| ondragleave | All visible elements. | Script to be run when an element leaves a valid drop target |
| ondragover | All visible elements. | Script to be run when an element is being dragged over a valid drop target. |
| ondragstart | All visible elements. | Script to be run at the start of a drag operation. |
| ondrop | All visible elements. | Script to be run when dragged element is being dropped. |
| onfocus | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element gets focus. |
| oninvalid | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element is invalid. |
| onkeydown | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a user is pressing a key. |
| onkeypress | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a user presses a key. |
| onkeyup | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a user releases a key. |
| onmousedown | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a mouse button is pressed down on an element. |
| onmousemove | All visible elements. | Script to be run as long as the mouse pointer is moving over an element. |
| onmouseout | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a mouse pointer moves ot of an element. |
| oninput | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element gets user input. |
| onmouseover | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a mouse pointer moves over an element. |
| onmouseup | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a mouse button is released over an element. |
| onmousewheel | All visible elements. | Script to be run when a mouse wheel is being scrolled over an element. |
| onpaste | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the user pastes som content in an elements |
| onscroll | All visible elements. | Script to be run when an element's scrollbar is being scrolled. |
| onselect | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the element gets selected. |
| onwheel | All visible elements. | Script to be run when the mouse wheel rolls up or down over an element. |
| align | Not supported in HTML 5. | Specifies the alignment according to surrounding elements. Use CSS instead. |
| bgcolor | Not supported in HTML 5. | Specifies the background color of an element. Use CSS instead. |
| border | Not supported in HTML 5. | Specifies the width of the border of an element. Use CSS instead. |
| color | Not supported in HTML 5. | Specifies the text color of an element. Use CSS instead. |
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| onload | <body>, <iframe>, <img>, <input>, <link>, <script>, <style> | Script to be run when the element is finished loading. |
| onafterprint | <body> | Script to be run after the document is printed. |
| onbeforeprint | <body> | Script to be run before the document is printed |
| onbeforeunload | <body> | Script to be run when the document is about to be unloaded. |
| onhashchange | <body> | Script to be run when there has been changes to the anchor part of the a URL. |
| onoffline | <body> | Script to be run when the browser starts to work offline |
| ononline | <body> | Script to be run when the browser starts to work online |
| onpagehide | <body> | Script to be run when a user navigates away from a page. |
| onpageshow | <body> | Script to be run when a user navigates to a page |
| onpopstate | <body> | Script to be run when the window's history changes. |
| onresize | <body> | Script to be run when the browser window is being resized. |
| onstorage | <body> | Script to be run when a Web Storage area is updated. |
| onunload | <body> | Script to be run when a page has unloaded (or the browser window has been closed) |
| manifest | <html> | Specifies the address of the document's cache manifest (for offline browsing). |
| charset | <meta>, <script> | Specifies the character encoding. |
| content | <meta> | Gives the value associated with the http-equiv or name attribute |
| http-equiv | <meta> | Provides an HTTP header for the information/value of the content attribute. |
| sizes | <link> | Specifies the size of the linked resource. |
| scoped | <style> | Specifies that the styles only apply to this element's parent element and that element's child elements |
| async | <script> | Specifies that the script is executed asynchronously (only for external scripts). |
| defer | <script> | Specifies that the script is executed when the page has finished parsing (only for external scripts). |
| sandbox | <iframe> | Enables an extra set of restrictions for the content in an <iframe> |
| srcdoc | <iframe> | Specifies the HTML content of the page to show in the <iframe>. |
| cite | <blockquote>, <del>, <ins>, <q> | Specifies a URL which explains the quote/deleted/inserted text. |
| colspan | <td>, <th> | Specifies the number of columns a table cell should span |
| headers | <td>, <th> | Specifies one or more headers cells a cell is related to. |
| scope | <th> | Specifies whether a header cell is a header for a column, row, or group of columns or rows. |
| rowspan | <td>, <th> | Specifies the number of rows a table cell should span |
| span | <col>, <colgroup> | Specifies the number of columns to span. |
| datetime | <del>, <ins>, <time> | Specifies the date and time. |
| coords | <area> | Specifies the coordinates of the area. |
| download | <a>, <area> | Specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink. |
| href | <a>, <area>, <base>, <link> | Specifies the URL of the page the link goes to. |
| hreflang | <a>, <area>, <link> | Specifies the language of the linked document. |
| media | <a>, <area>, <link>, <source>, <style> | Specifies what media/device the linked document is optimized for. |
| rel | <a>, <area>, <link> | Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document. |
| target | <a>, <area>, <base>, <form> | Specifies the target for where to open the linked document or where to submit the form. |
| alt | <area>, <img>, <input> | Specifies an alternate text when the original element fails to display. |
| width | <canvas>, <embed>, <iframe>, <img>, <input>, <object>, <video> | Specifies the width of the element. |
| height | <canvas>, <embed>, <iframe>, <img>, <input>, <object>, <video> | Specifies the height of the element. |
| ismap | <img> | Specifies an image as a server-side image-map. |
| usemap | <img>, <object> | Specifies an image as a client-side image-map. |
| shape | <area> | Specifies the shape of the area. |
| onshow | <menu> | Script to be run when a <menu> element is shown as a context menu |
| reversed | <ol> | Specifies that the list order should be descending (9,8,7...). |
| start | <ol> | Specifies the start value of an ordered list. |
| data | <object> | Specifies the URL of the resource to be used by the object. |
| low | <meter> | Specifies the range that is considered to be a low value. |
| high | <meter> | Specifies the range that is considered to be a high value. |
| optimum | <meter> | Specifies what value is the optimal value for the gauge. |
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| autoplay | <audio>, <video> | Specifies that the audio/video will start playing as soon as it is ready |
| controls | <audio>, <video> | Specifies that audio/video controls should be displayed (such as a play/pause button etc). |
| loop | <audio>, <video> | Specifies that the audio/video will start over again, every time it is finished. |
| muted | <video> | Specifies that the audio output of the video should be muted. |
| onabort | <audio>, <embed>, <img>, <object>, <video> | Script to be run on abort. |
| oncanplay | <audio>, <embed>, <object>, <video> | Script to be run when a file is ready to start playing (when it has buffered enough to begin). |
| oncanplaythrough | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when a file can be played all the way to the end without pausing for buffering. |
| ondurationchange | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the length of the media changes |
| onerror | <audio>, <body>, <embed>, <img>, <object>, <script>, <style>, <video> | Script to be run when an error occurs. |
| onloadeddata | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when media data is loaded |
| onloadedmetadata | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when meta data (like dimensions and duration) are loaded. |
| onloadstart | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run just as the file begins to load before anything is actually loaded. |
| onpause | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the media is paused either by the user or programmatically. |
| onplay | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the media is ready to start playing. |
| onplaying | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the media actually has started playing. |
| onprogress | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the browser is in the process of getting the media data |
| onratechange | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run each time the playback rate changes (like when a user switches to a slow motion or fast forward mode). |
| onseeked | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the seeking attribute is set to false indicating that seeking has ended. |
| onseeking | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the seeking attribute is set to true indicating that seeking is active |
| oncuechange | <track> | Script to be run when the cue changes in a <track> element |
| onemptied | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when something bad happens and the file is suddenly unavailable (like unexpectedly disconnects). |
| onended | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the media has reach the end (a useful event for messages like "thanks for listening") |
| onstalled | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the browser is unable to fetch the media data for whatever reason. |
| onsuspend | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when fetching the media data is stopped before it is completely loaded for whatever reason. |
| ontimeupdate | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the playing position has changed (like when the user fast forwards to a different point in the media) |
| onvolumechange | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run each time the volume is changed which (includes setting the volume to "mute"). |
| onwaiting | <audio>, <video> | Script to be run when the media has paused but is expected to resume (like when the media pauses to buffer more data). |
| poster | <video> | Specifies an image to be shown while the video is downloading, or until the user hits the play button. |
| preload | <audio>, <video> | Specifies if and how the author thinks the audio/video should be loaded when the page loads |
| kind | <track> | Specifies the kind of text track. |
| default | <track> | Specifies that the track is to be enabled if the user's preferences do not indicate that another track would be more appropriate. |
| label | <track> | Specifies the title of the text track. |
| srclang | <track> | Specifies the language of the track text data (required if kind="subtitles"). |
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| name | <button>, <fieldset>, <form>, <iframe>, <input>, <keygen>, <map>, <meta>, <object>, <output>, <param>, <select>, <textarea> | Specifies the name of the element. |
| action | <form> | Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted. |
| method | <form> | Specifies the HTTP method to use when sending form-data. |
| accept-charset | <form> | Specifies the character encodings that are to be used for the form submission. |
| enctype | <form> | Specifies how the form-data should be encoded when submitting it to the server (only for method="post"). |
| novalidate | <form> | Specifies that the form should not be validated when submitted. |
| onreset | <form> | Script to be run when a reset button in a form is clicked. |
| onsubmit | <form> | Script to be run when a for is submitted. |
| rows | <textarea> | Specifies the visible number of lines in a text area. |
| cols | <textarea> | Specifies the visible width of a text area. |
| wrap | <textarea> | Specifies how the text in a text area is to be wrapped when submitted in a form. |
| selected | <option> | Specifies that an option should be pre-selected when the page loads. |
| src | <audio>, <embed>, <iframe>, <img>, <input>, <script>, <source>, <track>, <video> | Specifies the URL of the media file. |
| accept | <input> | Specifies the types of files that the server accepts (only for type="file"). |
| autocomplete | <form>, <input> | Specifies whether the <form> or the <input> element should have autocomplete enabled. |
| autofocus | <button>, <input>, <keygen>, <select>, <textarea> | Specifies that the element should automatically get focus when the page loads. |
| checked | <input> | Specifies that an <input> element should be pre-selected when the page loads (for type="checkbox" or type="radio"). |
| dirname | <input>, <textarea> | Specifies that the text direction will be submitted. |
| disabled | <button>, <fieldset>, <input>, <keygen>, <optgroup>, <option>, <select>, <textarea> | Specifies that a the specified element/group of elements should be disabled. |
| form | <button>, <fieldset>, <input>, <keygen>, <label>, <meter>, <object>, <output>, <select>, <textarea> | Specifies the name of the form the element belongs to |
| formaction | <button>, <input> | Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitted. Only for type="submit". |
| list | <input> | Refers to a <datalist> element that contains pre-defined options for an <input> element. |
| maxlength | <input>, <textarea> | Specifies the maximum number of characters allowed in an element. |
| max | <input>, <meter>, <progress> | Specifies the maximum value. |
| min | <input>, <meter> | Specifies a minimum value. |
| multiple | <input>, <select> | Specifies that a user can enter more than one value. |
| onsearch | <input> | Script to be run when the user writes something in a search field (for <input="search">). |
| pattern | <input> | Specifies a regular expression that an <input> element's value is checked against. |
| placeholder | <input>, <textarea> | Specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of the element. |
| readonly | <input>, <textarea> | Specifies that the element is read-only |
| required | <input>, <select>, <textarea> | Specifies that the element must be filled out before submitting the form. |
| size | <input>, <select> | Specifies the width, in characters (for <input>) or specifies the number of visible options (for <select>) |
| step | <input> | Specifies the legal number intervals for an input field. |
| type | <button>, <embed>, <input>, <link>, <menu>, <object>, <script>, <source>, <style> | Specifies the type of element. |
| value | <button>, <input>, <li>, <option>, <progress>, <param> | Specifies the value of the element. |
| for | <label>, <output> | Specifies which form element(s) a label/calculation is bound to. |
| ontoggle | <details> | Script to be run when the user opens or closes the <details> element. |
| open | <details> | Specifies that the details should be visible (open) to the user |
| challenge | <keygen> | Specifies that the value of the <keygen> element should be challenged when submitted. |
| keytype | <keygen> | Specifies the security algorithm of the key. |