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HTML data attribute

HTML data attribute

In this tutorial, we will learn about data attribute in HTML with the help of examples.


data attribute

The data-* attribute is used to store custom data private to the page or application and gives us the ability to embed custom data attributes on all HTML tags.

The data-* attributes mainly consists of two parts :

  • There must be at least one character long after the prefix data-.
  • The attribute name should not contain any uppercase letters.
  • The attribute value can be any string.

Syntax

<a data-* = "mydata">......</a>

Attribute values

Value Description
someStringValue Used to specify the value of the attribute(as a string)

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