HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition

Name

a — <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

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charset="charset"

Specifies the character encoding of the target document.

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 with 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.

id="text"

Gives the link a unique name (similar to the name attribute) so that it can be referenced from a link, script, or stylesheet. In XHTML, the id attribute is required for document fragments. For backward compatibility with version 4 browsers, authors use both name and id for fragments.

name="text"

HTML only. XHTML documents use id for document fragments. Places a fragment identifier within an HTML document.

rel="relationships"

Establishes one or more relationships between the current document and ...