SRC Attribute | src Property

Sets or retrieves a URL to be loaded by the object.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT SRC = sURL... >
Scripting object.src [ = sURL ]

Possible Values

sURL String that specifies or receives the URL.
The property is read/write. The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft� Internet Explorer 5. .

Examples

This example uses the src property to change the image's SRC attribute.
<BODY onmousedown="oImage.src='sphere.jpg'" 
    onmouseup="oImage.src='cone.jpg'">
:
<IMG ID=oImage SRC="cone.jpeg">
This example uses the src property to change the SRC attribute of an iframe.
function changeFrame(){
  alert (document.all.iframe1.src);
  document.all.iframe1.src="http://www.microsoft.com/";
  alert (document.all.iframe1.src);
}

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0 and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

APPLET, EMBED, FRAME, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=image, XML

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SRC Attribute | src Property