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HTMLImageElement: src property

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{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The src property of the {{domxref("HTMLImageElement")}} interface specifies the image to display in the {{HTMLElement("img")}} element. It reflects the `` element's src content attribute.

Value

A string. For more information about the syntax of the src attribute, see the HTML `` reference.

Examples

Setting the src attribute

js
const img = new Image();
img.src = "example.png";
img.alt = "An example picture";

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

  • {{domxref("HTMLImageElement.currentSrc")}}
  • {{domxref("HTMLImageElement.srcset")}}
  • {{domxref("HTMLImageElement.sizes")}}