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HTML - tag name as attribute - is valid and how to use?

Is such html markup valid?

<icon="pen"/>

And if so, how to manage it like via jQuery?

Solution

  • No, it is not valid. Don't do that.

    There is a proposal for a custom elements spec, which could make icon allowable.

    But following the element name with an = character is simply wrong.