Can an HTML element be assigned arbitrary attributes?
For example:
<div imMakingUpAnAttribute="whatever"></div>
Can an HTML element be assigned arbitrary attributes? For example: <div imMakingUpAnAttribute="whatever"></div>
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Can an HTML element be assigned arbitrary attributes?
For example:
<div imMakingUpAnAttribute="whatever"></div>
Yes, you can have custom attributes:
To differentiate between element and custom attributes, a good practice is to prefix it with
data-.