---
title: "Those HTML Attributes You Never Use — Smashing Magazine"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/those-html-attributes-you-never-use-smashing-magazine-f7akv-6c2
source_url: https://smashingmagazine.com/2022/03/html-attributes-you-never-use/
type: article
source: "Smashing Magazine"
author: "Louis Lazaris"
published: 2022-03-23T16:03:42.694Z
updated: 2022-03-23T16:03:42.695Z
tags: ["webdev", "html"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 14
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Those HTML Attributes You Never Use — Smashing Magazine

**[Smashing Magazine](https://daily.dev/sources/smashing)** · [@louislazaris](https://daily.dev/louislazaris) · 14 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

The enterkeyhint attribute is a global attribute that can be applied to form controls or elements that have contenteditable set to true. This attribute assists users on mobile devices that use a virtual on-screen keyboard. An unrecognized value will just default to whatever the device’s default text is for the enter key.

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**@mheob** · 0 upvotes

> Attributes are mentioned here that I have really never used. Thanks for this great article 🙏🏽

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