What is HTML?
HTML is a language for describing web pages.
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language
A markup language is a set of markup tags
HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages
HTML Tags
HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags
HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets like <html>
HTML tags normally come in pairs like <b> and </b>
The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag
Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags
HTML Documents = Web Pages
HTML documents describe web pages
HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
HTML documents are also called web pages
The purpose of a web browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox) is to read HTML documents
and display them as web pages. The browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags
to interpret the content of the page:
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
Example Explained
The text between <html> and </html> describes the web page
The text between <body> and </body> is the visible page content
The text between <h1> and </h1> is displayed as a heading
The text between <p> and </p> is displayed as a paragraph
Standard Event Attributes
HTML 4 added the ability to let events trigger actions in a browser, like starting a JavaScript
when a user clicks on an element.
Below is the standard event attributes that can be inserted into HTML / XHTML elements to
define event actions.
<body> and <frameset> Events
The two attributes below can only be used in <body> or <frameset>:
Attribute Value Description
onload script Script to be run when a document load
onunload script Script to be run when a document unload
Form Events
The attributes below can be used in form elements:
Attribute Value Description
onblur script Script to be run when an element loses focus
onchange script Script to be run when an element change
onfocus script Script to be run when an element gets focus
onreset script Script to be run when a form is reset
onselect script Script to be run when an element is selected
onsubmit script Script to be run when a form is submitted
Image Events
The attribute below can be used with the img element:
Attribute Value Description
onabort script Script to be run when loading of an image is interrupted
Keyboard Events
Valid in all elements except base, bdo, br, frame, frameset, head, html, iframe, meta, param,
script, style, and title.
Attribute Value Description
onkeydown script Script to be run when a key is pressed
onkeypress script Script to be run when a key is pressed and released
onkeyup script Script to be run when a key is released
Mouse Events
Valid in all elements except base, bdo, br, frame, frameset, head, html, iframe, meta, param,
script, style, and title.
Attribute Value Description
onclick script Script to be run on a mouse click
ondblclick script Script to be run on a mouse double-click
onmousedown script Script to be run when mouse button is pressed
onmousemove script Script to be run when mouse pointer moves
Script to be run when mouse pointer moves out of an
onmouseout script
element
onmouseover script Script to be run when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmouseup script Script to be run when mouse button is released
