HTML <a> tag
Usage
Defines an anchor. Can be used as a hyperlink to another web page, or to a different part of the same page defined by an id attribute.
Example
Code:
Linking to an external page:
<a href="http://www.beginnersguidetohtml.com">HTML Guide</a>
Anchor point and link within the same page:
<h2 id="anchor">This is where the link will jump to</h2>
<a href="#anchor">Click here to jump to the anchor</a>Required Attributes
- none
Optional Attributes
- charset - specifies the character encoding of the target page
- coords - specifies coordinates for use in an image map. Values depend on the type of shape defined in the shape attribute: for rect, values are left, top, right, bottom. For circ, values are centerx, centery, radius. For poly, values are x1, y1, x2, y2 etc
- href - the target of the link
- hreflang - the language of the link target
- name - gives the anchor a name, useful when linking to that anchor point
- rel - specifies the relationship between the current page and the target URL
- rev - defines the relationship between the target URL and the current page
- shape - defines the shape used for a map. Works in combination with coords - rect, rectangle, circ, circle, poly, polygon
- type - defines the MIME type of the target document