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Malik-Haziq

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HTML cool things

Here are some HTML tips and tricks that people usually don't know.

1) Make a call or mail:

Need a link to make a call or mail? a tag to the rescue



<a href="tel:43211234123">Make a call</a>
<a href="mailto:abc@gmail.com">Send an email</a>


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2) Add a color picker:

Need a color picker to you webpage? No need to use any libraries. It's just one line far.



<input type="color"/>


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Here it is.
This image is showing color picker

3) Editabele Content:

Make you any content editable by just adding the contenteditable attribute to the element.



<p contenteditable="true">
   This is a paragraph
</p>


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Here! how it's look like.
This is a video showing the editable text

4) Mark tag:

Got something that is very important and wanna highlight it?
Here is the solution.



<p>It is very <mark>Important</mark></p>


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Image description

5) Time tag:

The <time> tag defines a specific time (or datetime).



<time datetime="2022-01-18T14:00:00Z">January 18, 2022 2:00 PM</time>


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The datetime attribute is used to translate date and time into machine-readable formate.

6) Progress bar:

Want to show progress of anything. use progress tag.



<progress value="75" max="100"></progress>


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Picture showing progress bar

7) Disable option:

Use disable attribute to disable any element from options.



 <select>
   <option>Apple</option>
   <option>Orange</option>
   <option disabled>Mango</option>
 </select>


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You can see Mango is disabled

picture showing disabled option

8) Lazy Loading Image:

The loading attribute specifies whether a browser should load an image immediately or to defer loading of off-screen images until for example the user scrolls near them.



<img src="image.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Some detail mentioned">


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This is very help full post