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

Following are some specifications about the HTML <picture> tag

Example

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.

Global attribute:

HTML <picture> tag supports the global attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<picture>	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes