Why is this an issue?

With the advent of HTML5, many old attributes were deprecated. To ensure the best user experience, deprecated attributes should not be used. This rule checks for the following deprecated attributes, where CSS should be used instead.

Attribute Removed from

accept

form

align

caption, col, div, embed, h1-h6, hr, iframe, img, input, legend, object, p, table, tbody, thead, tfoot, td, th, tr

alink

body

allowtransparency

iframe

archive

object

axis

td, th

background

body, table, thead, tbody, tfoot, tr, td, th

bgcolor

body, table, td, th, tr

border

img (border="0" allowed), object

bordercolor

table

cellpadding

table

cellspacing

table

char

col, tbody, thead, tfoot, td, th, tr

charoff

col, tbody, thead, tfoot, td, th, tr

charset

a, link

classid

object

clear

br

code

object

codebase

object

codetype

object

color

hr

compact

dl, ol, ul

coords

a

datafld

a, applet, button, div, fieldset, frame, iframe, img, input, label, legend, marquee, object, param, select, span, textarea

dataformatas

button, div, input, label, legend, marquee, object, option, select, span, table

datapagesize

table

datasrc

a, applet, button, div, frame, iframe, img, input, label, legend, marquee, object, option, select, span, table, textarea

declare

object

event

script

for

script

frame

table

frameborder

iframe

height

td, th

hspace

embed, iframe, img, input, object

ismap

input

langauge

script (language="javascript", case insensitive, allowed)

link

body

lowsrc

img

marginbottom

body

marginheight

body, iframe

marginleft

body

marginright

body

margintop

body

marginwidth

body, iframe

methods

a, link

name

a (name="[a's element id]" allowed), embed, img, option

nohref

area

noshade

hr

nowrap

td, th

profile

head

rules

table

scheme

meta

scope

td

scrolling

iframe

shape

a

size

hr

standby

object

summary

table

target

link

text

body

type

li, param, ul

urn

a, link

usemap

input

valign

col, tbody, thead, tfoot, td, th, tr

valuetype

param

version

html

vlink

body

vspace

embed, iframe, img, input, object

width

col, hr, pre, table, td, th

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