Name
a
Synopsis
<a>...</a>
Defines an anchor within the document. An anchor is used to create a hyperlink to another document or Internet resource. It can also serve to label a fragment within a document (also called a named anchor), which serves as a destination anchor for linking to a specific point in a document.
Attributes
Core (id
, class
, style
, title
),
Internationalization, Events
(plus onfocus
, onblur
)
-
accesskey="
character
"
Assigns an access key (shortcut key command) to the link. Access keys are also used for form fields. The value is a single character. Users may access the element by hitting Alt-key (PC) or Ctrl-key (Mac).
-
charset="
charset
"
Specifies the character encoding of the target document. See Chapter 6 for information on character sets.
-
coords="
x,y coordinates
"
Specifies the x,y coordinates for a clickable area in an image map. The HTML 4.01 Recommendation proposes that client-side image maps be replaced by an
object
element containing the image and a set of anchor elements defining the “hot” areas (with shapes and coordinate attributes). This system has not yet been implemented by browsers.-
href="
URL
"
Specifies the URL of the destination document or web resource (such as an image, audio, PDF, or other media file).
-
hreflang="
language code
"
Specifies the base language of the target document. See Chapter 6 for a list of two-letter language codes.
-
id="
text
"
Gives the link a unique name (similar to the
name
attribute) so it can be referenced from a link, script, ...
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