HTML standard attributes

While attributes can be an important part of a tag, not all tags have attributes. For those tags that do have attributes, some of these attributes are shared by the majority of tags in HTML and serve a special purpose.

Core attributes

NOTE: These attributes cannot be used in the following tags: <base>, <head>, <html>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, <style>, <title>

Attribute	Value	Description
class	class name	The elements class
id	id name	The elements id (should be unique)
style	style definition	style(s) an element will inherit
title	tooltip text	Text that will appear in a box next to the element

Language Attributes

NOTE: These attributes cannot be used in the following tags: base, <br>, <frame>, <frameset>, <hr>, <iframe>, <param>, <script>

Attribute	Value	Description
dir	ltr \| rtl	Sets the direction of the text
lang	language_code	Sets the code of the language

Keyboard Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
accesskey	character	Sets a keyboard key to access an element
tabindex	number	Will set the tab order of an element