HTML <picture> tag

HTML <picture> tag is used in responsive web designing where we need to load the different images based on their viewport, height, width, orientation, and pixel density.

The <picture> tag contains one or more <source> elements and one <img> elements.

According to the viewport, the matching image will be loaded from different <source> tag, and if no source contains the matching image, then the default image present in <img> tag will be displayed on the browser.

This tag is a new tag in HTML5.

Syntax

<picture>
	<source srcset="" media="">
	<img src="">
</picture>

Following are some specifications about the HTML <picture> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	Image

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Picture Tag</title>
	<style>
	body{
	    text-align: center;
                   }
	   p{
	     font-size: bold;
	     font-size: 20px;	
	   color: green;  
                    }
	</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Example of picture tag</h2>
<p>Resize the page to see the different versions of the images at different viewports, and as per viewport image will be automatically changed.</p>
<picture>
    <source srcset="download1.jpg" media="(min-width: 750px)">
    <source srcset="pic2.jpg" media="(min-width: 450px)">
    <img srcset="rose.jpg" alt="default image" style="width: auto;">
</picture>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
media	media_query	It defines and accept any media query which can be defined in CSS.
srcset	URL	It defines the URL of the image which can be used for different situations. (Required)
type	video/ogg video/mp4 video/webM audio/ogg audio/mpeg	It determines the MIME type
src	URL	It specifies the location of the image.