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A Href Attribute
The <a href>
attribute refers to a destination provided by a link. The a
(anchor) tag 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. 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://www.freecodecamp.org/contribute/">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.
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 certain place of the page. To do this you should first place a tab at location on the page with tag and necessary attribute "name" with any keyword description in it, like this:
<a name="top"></a>
Any description between tags is not required. After that you can place a link leading to this anchor at any place on the same page. To do this you should use tag with 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>
Example
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>