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A Href Attribute

A Href Attribute

The <a href> attribute refers to a destination provided by a link. The a (anchor) element is dead without the <href> attribute. Sometimes in your workflow, you don't want a live link or you won't know the link destination yet. In this case, it's useful to set the href attribute to "#" to create a dead link ,that is, a link to the same page. The href attribute can be used to link to local files or files on the internet.

For instance:

<html>
  <head>
    <title>href Attribute Example</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>href Attribute Example</h1>
      <p>
        <a href="https://contribute.freecodecamp.org/">The freeCodeCamp Contribution Page</a> shows you how and where you can contribute to freeCodeCamp's community and growth.
      </p>
    </h1>
  </body>
</html>

The <a href> attribute is supported by all browsers. Different URL Forms The URL may be:

Fully Qualified (include a protocol) https://html.com https://html.com URL with a relative (unspecified) protocol //html.com Browser-specific protocol chrome://settings/ Relative to the current page next Relative to the current domain / /wp-content/uploads/flamingo.jpg Values of the href Attribute Value Name Notes url The URL (URI) of the linked resource.

Syntax

URL: The URL of the link. Possible values:

An absolute URL - points to another web site (like )

A relative URL - points to a file within a web site (like href="index.html")

Link to an element with a specified id within the page (like hred="#id-name")

More attributes:

hreflang : Specifies the language of the linked resource. target : Specifies the context in which the linked resource will open. title : Defines the title of a link, which appears to the user as a tooltip.

Examples

<a href="#">This is a dead link</a>
<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org">This is a live link to freeCodeCamp</a>
<a href="https://html.com/attributes/a-href/">more with a href attribute</a>

In-page anchors

It's also possible to set an anchor to a certain place on the page. To do this, you should first place an <a> tag at the location and include the necessary attribute name with any keyword description in it, like this:

<a name="top"></a>

A description between tags is not required. You can now place a link leading to this anchor at any place on the same page. To do this, you should use the <a> tag with the necessary attribute "href" with symbol # (sharp) and key-word description of the anchor, like this:

<a href="#top">Go to Top</a>

Image Links

The <a href="#"> may also be applied to images and other HTML elements.

Example

<a href="#"><img itemprop="image" style="height: 90px;" src="http://www.chatbot.chat/assets/images/header-bg_y.jpg" alt="picture"></a>

Some more examples of href

<base href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/a-href/">This gives a base url for all further urls on the page</a>
<link href="style.css">This is a live link to an external stylesheet</a>

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