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What Is an XHTML Element Attribute?

An element attribute is a predefined property about this element. Element attributes allows you to provide additional information to the element. Most XHTML elements have some common attributes. But many XHTML elements have their own specific attributes.

Here are some good examples of element attributes:

• <br/> - No attribute.
• <script type="text/javascript"> - One attribute: "type".
• <p class="sideNote"> - One attribute: "class".
• <meta name="Author" content="FYICenter.com"/> - Two attributes: "name" and "content".
• <img src="fyi.gif" alt="FYI"/> - Two attributes: "src" and "alt".

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1. What Is an XHTML Element?
2. How To Enter Comments into XHTML Documents?
3. How To Write the Opening Tag of an XHTML Element?
4. How To Close an XHTML Element?
5. What Is Wrong with My <br> Tags?
6. What Is Wrong with My <meta> Tags?
7. How To Enter Element Content?
8. Is XHTML Element Name Case Sensitive?
9. What Is an XHTML Element Attribute?
10. How To Write Element Attributes Properly?
11. Is Attribute Name Case Sensitive?
12. How To Quote Element Attribute Values Properly?
13. How To Write Ampersand Sign in Attribute Values?
14. What Is a Required Attribute?
15. What Are Predefined Attribute Values?
16. What Is Wrong with My "checked" Attribute Values?