XHTML Common Attributes and Events

The following six attributes are abbreviated as core in the preceding sections:

• docEmphasis">id" A global identifier.

• docEmphasis">styleclasses" A list of classes separated by spaces.

• style="styles" Style information.

• title="title" Provides more information for a specific element, as opposed to the <title> element, which titles the entire Web page.

• accesskey="shortcut" Sets the keyboard shortcut used to access an element.

• tabindex="taborder" Sets the tab order of an element.

The following two attributes for internationalization are abbreviated as i18n in the preceding sections:

• lang="lang" The language identifier.

• dir="texTDir" The text direction (ltr, rtl).

The following intrinsic events are abbreviated events:

• onclick="eventcode" A pointing device (such as a mouse) was single-clicked.

• ondblclick="eventcode" A pointing device (such as a mouse) was double-clicked.

• onmousedown="eventcode" A mouse button was clicked and held down.

• onmouseup="eventcode" A mouse button that was clicked and held down was released.

• onmouseover="eventcode" A mouse moved the cursor over an object.

• onmousemove="eventcode" The mouse was moved.

• onmouseout="eventcode" A mouse moved the cursor off an object.

• onkeypress="eventcode" A key was pressed and released.

• onkeydown="eventcode" A key was pressed and held down.

• onkeyup="eventcode" A key that was pressed has been released.