All Attributes | html★

Complete reference for all html★ data attributes.

Request Attributes

Attribute	Values	Description
`data-href`	URL	Explicit URL (overrides href/action)
`data-method`	get, post, put, patch, delete	HTTP method
`data-headers`	JSON object	Additional request headers
`data-include`	CSS selector, "self"	Include inputs in request

Response Attributes

Attribute	Values	Inherits	Description
`data-target`	CSS selector, "self"	✓	Where to swap content
`data-swap`	inner, outer, prepend, append, before, after, delete, none	✓	Swap strategy
`data-select`	CSS selector	✓	Extract fragment from response
`data-oob`	(boolean)	✗	Process out-of-band swaps

Behavior Attributes

Attribute	Values	Inherits	Description
`data-trigger`	click, submit, change, input, visible, load	✗	Event trigger
`data-push`	(boolean)	✓	Push to browser history
`data-replace`	(boolean)	✓	Replace history entry
`data-confirm`	message string	✓	Show confirmation dialog
`data-disable`	(boolean)	✗	Disable during request
`data-transitions`	true, false	✓	Enable View Transitions
`data-debounce`	milliseconds	✗	Debounce delay for input trigger
`data-instant`	(boolean)	✓	Navigate on mousedown instead of click
`data-send-headers`	(boolean)	✓	Send target/select selectors as request headers
`data-prefetch`	hover, hover:<ms>, visible, eager, false	✓	Prefetch strategy

Persistence Attributes

Attribute	Values	Inherits	Description
`data-persist`	storage key	✗	Persist input value
`data-persist-scope`	local, session	✗	Storage type

Streaming Attributes

Attribute	Values	Inherits	Description
`data-sse`	URL	✗	SSE endpoint
`data-sse-events`	comma-separated names	✗	Named events to listen for
`data-poll`	interval (e.g., "5s")	✗	Polling interval

Caching Attributes

Attribute	Values	Inherits	Description
`data-cache`	duration (`30s`, `5m`, `1h`, `1d`), `swr`, `swr:<duration>`	✓	Cache GET responses
`data-cache-storage`	memory, session	✓	Cache storage backend (default: memory)
`data-cache-invalidate`	comma-separated URL patterns	✗	Invalidate cache entries on non-GET success

Error & Loading Attributes

Attribute	Values	Inherits	Description
`data-error-target`	CSS selector	✓	Element to show on request error
`data-loading-target`	CSS selector	✓	Element to show during request
`data-loading-class`	CSS class name	✓	Class added to trigger + target during request
`data-queue`	first, last, all	✓	Concurrent request behavior (default: last)
`data-retry`	(boolean)	✗	Retry button inside error target

State Attributes (Set by html★)

These are set by html★ for CSS targeting:

Attribute	When Set	On Element
`[data-loading]`	Request in progress	Trigger element
`[data-swapping]`	Swap in progress	Target element
`[data-success]`	Swap completed (2s)	Target element
`[data-error]`	Request failed	Trigger element
`[data-error-message]`	Error message	Trigger element
`[data-sse-connected]`	SSE connected	SSE element
`[data-sse-error]`	SSE error	SSE element

Meta Tag Configuration

Set defaults via meta tags:

JSON Configuration

For more advanced configuration, use a JSON script block. JSON config takes precedence over meta tags:

defaults apply globally (like meta tags, but in one place).

selectors apply to elements matching CSS selectors. When an element matches multiple selectors, all matching rules are checked. Selector-based rules take precedence over defaults.