Name
HREF — NN all IE all HTML all
Synopsis
HREF=”URI"
Required for links
The URI of the destination of a link. In browsers, when the URI is an
HTML document, the document is loaded into the current (default) or
other window target (as defined by the TARGET
attribute). For some other file types, the browser may load the
destination content into a plugin or save the destination file on the
client machine. In the absence of the HREF
attribute, the element does not distinguish itself in a browser as a
clickable link and may instead be only an anchor (if the
NAME
or ID
attribute is set).
Example
<A HREF="part1/chap3.html">Chapter 3</A>
Value
Any valid URI, including complete and relative URLs, anchors on the
same page (anchor names prefaced with the # symbol), and the
javascript:
pseudo-URL in scriptable browsers to
trigger a script statement rather than navigate to a destination.
Default
None.
Object Model Reference
- IE
[window.]document.links[i].href
[window.]document.all.elementID.href
- NN
[window.]document.links[i].href
In both browsers, other link object properties allow for the
extraction of components of the URL, such as protocol and hostname.
See the Link
object in Chapter 9.
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