HTML Element: <source>
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The HTML <source> element allows multiple
media resources for media elements. It links together associated <video> and <audio>. It is
new in HTML 5. The srcset
attribute is required if the <source>
element is used in a picture
element, whilst the src
attribute is required when the <source>
element is used in an <audio>
or <video>
element.
The attributes it can take
(other than HTML
global attributes and HTML event attributes)
include:
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Attribute
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Description
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More
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media
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Specifies media /
device linked document is optimised for
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Here
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sizes
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Specifies image size(s)
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Here
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src
|
Required when URL of
resource
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Here
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srcset
|
URL of
image to use in different situations
|
Here
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type
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Type of element
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Here
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To
create or access such an element in JavaScript
see here. The
corresponding HTML DOM
object supports standard
DOM properties and methods, and additional properties with the same name and
meaning as the attributes of the underlying HTML element referred to above). The
default style applicable to this element is shown here.
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