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The <iframe> element, used to embed another document inside the current document, accepts both attributes width and height which must be valid non-negative integers. Percentages are not allowed for these attributes.
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The attributes width and height of <iframe> elements expect a non-negative integer, so an empty string is not allowed. Either define the correct dimension, or remove this attribute.
The <table> element does not accept a height attribute. Use CSS instead.
The seamless attribute was proposed to be included in the HTML5 spec, but it wasn’t finally accepted, so it’s not a valid attribute for <iframe>.
There is an iframe tag inside a noscript tag that is itself inside the head section of the HTML document. This is not allowed because an iframe cannot be nested inside the head section.
To fix this issue, you may move the noscript section that contains the iframe tag outside of the head section, and ensure that it is placed within the body section of the HTML document.
For example, this is invalid HTML because the head section cannot contain iframe elements:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>My webpage</title>
<noscript>
<p>Please enable JavaScript to view this website</p>
<iframe src="https://example.com/"></iframe>
</noscript>
<!-- Other meta tags and styles go here -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- Rest of your webpage content goes here -->
</body>
</html>Moving the noscript inside the body section fixes the issue, as that’s where iframe elements belong:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>My webpage</title>
<!-- Other meta tags and styles go here -->
</head>
<body>
<noscript>
<p>Please enable JavaScript to view this website</p>
<iframe src="https://example.com/"></iframe>
</noscript>
<!-- Rest of your webpage content goes here -->
</body>
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The width and height attributes on <img> elements expect a digit to specify the dimension in pixels. It should not contain units, letters or percent signs.
You can achieve this using CSS instead, for example:
<!-- Invalid syntax, the height attribute expects only digits -->
<img src="photo.jpg" alt="cat" height="auto" />
<!-- Valid syntax using CSS -->
<img src="photo.jpg" alt="cat" style="height: auto" />An <iframe> element allows to embed an HTML document inside another HTML document, and its src attribute is indicated the source URL of the embedded web page. The src attribute is a required attribute, so it cannot be blank.
Example:
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The attributes width and height of <img> elements expect a non-negative integer, so an empty string is not allowed. Either define the correct dimension, or remove this attribute.
The allowfullscreen attribute is used to allow an iframe to activate fullscreen mode. As a boolean attribute, it should only be declared without any value.
Here is an example of correct usage:
<iframe src="https://example.com" allowfullscreen></iframe>However, this is now a legacy attribute, and has been redefined as allow="fullscreen", as part of the more general Permissions Policy:
<iframe src="https://example.com" allow="fullscreen"></iframe><video> elements accept a height attribute to specify the width in CSS pixels. This value can only be an integer, it should not contain units or %. If you need to specify a percentage width, you can do that with CSS.
Here’s an example of setting width and height on a video element.
<video controls width="640" height="480">
<source src="/media/cc0-videos/flower.webm" type="video/webm">
</video>The sandbox attribute is used with the iframe element to isolate the content of the embedded document from the rest of the page. It helps prevent malicious code from running on your website. However, the value assigned to the sandbox attribute in your iframe element includes both the allow-scripts and allow-same-origin options. This combination essentially removes all the protections that the sandbox attribute provides and allows the embedded document to break out of the sandbox.
To fix this issue, you should remove the allow-scripts and allow-same-origin values from the sandbox attribute. Instead, you should explicitly enable only the permissions that the embedded document requires.
Here’s an example iframe element with the proper use of sandbox:
<iframe src="https://example.com" sandbox="allow-forms allow-popups"></iframe>This iframe element loads the https://example.com URL and has its sandbox attribute set to only allow-forms and allow-popups. This explicitly enables only the permissions that the embedded document may need, while also retaining the protections of the sandbox attribute.
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