Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Inline Images

Inline images are images that occur in the normal flow of the document’s content. As inline elements, they affect the visual display of other elements in the flow, unlike background images, which render behind elements. Images are added to the document with the img element. Images are considered to be replaced elements because the actual content resides in external files rather than in the source document.

Tip

The HTML 4.01 Recommendation allows images to be added using the generic object element, as demonstrated later in this chapter. Because the object method is not universally supported, the img element is still the primary element used to place images in web documents.