HTML srcset Attribute

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Example

<img srcset="demo/book.png 320w, demo/cup.png 640w, demo/desk.jpg 1200w"sizes="100vw" src="demo/image.jpg" alt="demo" width="300" height="200">

Meaning

The srcset attribute specifies one or more strings separated by commas, indicating possible image sources for the user agent to use.

If no descriptor is specified, the source is assigned the default descriptor of 1x.




Standard Syntax

<element srcset="URL-list">



Browser Support




Status




Applies to:

The srcset attribute can be used on the following element:

Element Attribute
<img> srcset






Attribute Values

Value Description
URL Source url to an image
Optionally

whitespace followed by one of:

  • A width descriptor (a positive integer directly followed by w). The width descriptor is divided by the source size given in the sizes attribute to calculate the effective pixel density.
  • A pixel density descriptor (a positive floating point number directly followed by x).
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