Prior to HTML 4.0, few attributes could be used consistently
for all the HTML tags. HTML 4.0 changed this,
defining a set of 16 core attributes that you can apply to almost all the
elements in both HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0. For brevity, we list these core
attributes table that
follows:
class=name
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Specify a style class controlling the appearance of the tag's
contents.
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dir=dir
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Specify the rendering direction for texteither left to right
(ltr) or right to left (rtl).
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id=name
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Define a reference name for the tag that is unique in the
document.
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lang=language
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Specify the human language for the tag's contents with an
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 639 standard two-character
name and optional dialect subcode.
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onclick=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user clicks the mouse
on the tag's content display area.
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ondblclick=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user double-clicks
the mouse button on the tag's content display area.
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onkeydown=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user presses down on
a key while the tag's contents have input focus.
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onkeypress=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user presses and
releases a key while the tag's contents have focus.
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onkeyup=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user releases a
pressed key while the tag's contents have focus.
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onmousedown=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user presses down on
the mouse button while pointing to the tag's content display area.
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onmousemove=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user moves the mouse
in the tag's content display area.
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onmouseout=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user moves the mouse
off the tag's content display area.
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onmouseover=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user moves the mouse
into the tag's content display area.
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onmouseup=applet
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Specify an applet to be executed when the user releases the
mouse button while in the tag's content display area.
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style=style
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Specify an inline style for the tag.
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title=string
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Specify a title for the tag.
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