16 Feb HTML a Tag

Use the HTML5 <a> tag, to add a hyperlink to an HTML Document. You need to add the href attribute, under the <a> element, to link a web page to another.

Example

The following example shows how to work with HTML <a> tag,

Here’s the output,

Attributes

The following are the attributes of the <a> tag,

• charset
  To set the character-set if the document to be linked. Deprecated Attribute.
  Value: char_encoding
• cords
  Set the coordinates here. Deprecated Attribute.
  Value: coordinates
• download
  The target gets downloaded on clicking the hyperlink. This is an HTML5 Attribute.
  Value: filename
• href
  The URL of the page the link goes to
  Value: URL
• hreflang
  The language of the linked document.
  Value: language_code
• media
  Set the media query here for device. This is an HTML5 Attribute.
  Value: media_query
• name
  The name of the anchor. Deprecated Attribute.
  Value: section_name
• rel
  It is the relationship between the current and linked document. Deprecated Attribute.
  Value: alternate, author, bookmark, external, help, license, next, nofollow, noreferrer, noopener, prev, search, tag
• rev
  It is the relationship between the linked and linked document. Deprecated Attribute.
  Value: text
• shape
  To set the shape of the link. Deprecated Attribute.
  Value: default, rect, circle, poly
• target
  To set where the linked document will open.
  Value: _blank _parent _self _top framename
• type
  Set the media type of the linked document.
  Value: media_type