Deprecated HTML Attributes
See the complete list of deprecated HTML attributes with the tags in which they are obsolete, read their short description and find the best alternates.
The attributes presented below are deprecated, i.e., they are no longer used in the mentioned tags and are replaced by other attributes that you can find in the "Alternate" section of the table.
| Attributes | Description | Deprecated in | Alternate |
|---|---|---|---|
| align | Specifies the alignment of the element | <caption>, <img>, <table>, <hr>, <div>, <h1>-<h6>, <p> | CSS text-align, float and vertical-align properties |
| alink | Specifies the color of an active link in a document | <body> | CSS active Pseudo Class |
| background | Specifies the background image | <body> | CSS background-image Property |
| bgcolor | Specifies the background color | <body>, <table>, <tr>, <td>, <th> | CSS background-color Property |
| border | Specifies the width of the border | <img>, <object> | CSS border-width Property |
| clear | Clears any right or left alignments | <br> | CSS clear Property |
| compact | Specifies that the list should render smaller than normal | <ol>, <ul> | CSS styling |
| height | Specifies the height of the element | <table> | CSS height Property |
| hspace | Specifies the whitespace or padding on left or right sides of an element | <img>, <object> | CSS padding Property |
| language | Specifies scripting language | <script> | The type attribute |
| link | Specifies the default color of the links | <body> | CSS link Pseudo Class |
| noshade | It specifies that a horizontal line should render in one solid color (noshaded) | <hr> | CSS border-style Property |
| nowrap | Specifies that the text should not wrap within the table cell | <td>, <th> | CSS white-space Property |
| size | Specifies the initial width for the input field and a number of visible rows for the select element | <basefont>, <font>, <hr> | CSS width Property |
| start | Specifies the starting point of the ordered list | <ol> | CSS property counter-reset |
| text | Specifies the color of the text | <body> | CSS color property |
| type | Specifies the type of list | <li> | CSS list-style-type Property |
| value | Specifies the value of the list item | <li> | CSS counter-increment Property |
| vlink | Specifies the color of visited links | <body> | CSS visited Pseudo Class |
| valign | Specifies vertical alignment of cell content | <td>, <th>, <tr> | CSS vertical-align Property |
| vspace | Specifies the whitespace or padding above or below an element | <img>,<object> | CSS padding Property |
| width | Specifies the width of the element | <hr>,<pre>,<td>,<th> | CSS width Property |
Practice
Practice
Which of the following are deprecated HTML attributes according to W3docs?