Working with Images (and Links) - JavaScript by Example - page 414

12.1.1 HTML Review of Images

Before using images with JavaScript, the following section reviews the basics of using
images in a static Web page. Table 12.1 lists HTML image tags.

Table 12.1 HTML Image Tags

Tag Attributes Description

IMG Starting tag for loading an image.

ALIGN Floats the image either to the left or right side of the page, or aligns

the image with text in directions, texttop , top , middle , absmiddle ,
bottom , or absbottom .

ALT Alternative text in case the image doesn't appear.

BORDER The width in pixels of an image border.

HEIGHT Height of the image in pixels.

HSPACE Adds space, in pixels, to both the right and left sides of the image.

SRC Contains the URL, location of the image relative to the document root

of the Web page.

VSPACE Adds space, in pixels, to both the top and bottom of the image.

WIDTH Width of the image in pixels.

MAP Starting tag for an image map. Image maps link areas of an image with

a set of URLs. Clicking on an area of the map sends the user to that
page.

ID The name of the image map.

NAME Also the name of the image map.

AREA Defines the clickable areas of the image map.

ALT Describes what happens when the user clicks.

COORDS Determines the shape of a rectangle, circle, or polygon in x , y pixel

coordinates.

HREF The address of the page that will appear when the user clicks in a

particular area.

SHAPE Assigned a type , where type represents the shape of the area.