HTML Factor: a

Instance

Syntax

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<a href="https://tutsplus.com">Envato Tuts+</a>

Consequence

Linking to Sections

Anchors also can hyperlink to sections on the identical web page by utilizing fragment identifiers. This takes the type of a # image which factors to the id of a component elsewhere on the web page:

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<a href="#someplace">Soar someplace else</a>

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<h2 id="someplace">That is someplace else!</h2>

For instance, right here’s a hyperlink to soar to the Study Extra part beneath!

Browser Help

The <a> tag is supported in all fashionable browsers. Learn extra on caniuse.com.

Attributes

The <a> tag helps International Attributes in HTML. International Attributes are widespread to all HTML parts and can be utilized on all of them (although they might not have a lot of an impact on a few of them).

• If the <a> aspect has an href attribute, then it represents a hyperlink labeled by its contents.
• If the <a> aspect has no href attribute, then the aspect represents a placeholder for the place a hyperlink may in any other case have been positioned.

The href Attribute

The <a> aspect helps the next attributes which may solely be current if the href attribute is current:

Content material

An <a> aspect permits for clear content material, however there should be no interactive content material descendant, <a> aspect descendant, or descendant with the tabindex attribute specified.

Accessibility

Wherever potential, make hyperlink textual content descriptive, quite than merely saying “click on right here”. For extra data try Emma Patricios’ article on creating legitimate and accessible hyperlinks (see what I did there?).

• The <hyperlink> aspect can be a kind of hyperlink, however as an alternative of getting used to navigate HTML paperwork and information, it’s used to outline a relationship between them.

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