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1 HTML Element A

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HTML Element A

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Definition and Usage

The <a> tag defines an anchor.
There are two kinds of anchors:

to link to another document or to a bookmark with the "href" attribute
to create a bookmark with the "name" or "id" attribute.

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Examples

<p>Link to <a href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C website</a></p>
<p><a name="bookmark"></a> This is a bookmark</p>
<p>Link to a <a href="#bookmark">bookmark</a>"</p>
<p>Link to a bookmark on another page "<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/links.html#edef-A">12.2 The A element</a>"</p>

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Attributes

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Optional attributes

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
accesskey	a single character	Provides a method to add keyboard navigation shortcuts. (see more full description: accesskey)	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset XHTML1 Strict Transitional Frameset
charset	a space-separated list of character encodings, as per [RFC2045]	char encoding of linked resource	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
coords	%Coords;	This attribute specifies the position and shape on the screen. The number and order of values depends on the shape being defined. Possible combinations: rect: left-x, top-y, right-x, bottom-y. circle: center-x, center-y, radius. Note. When the radius value is a percentage value, user agents should calculate the final radius value based on the associated object's width and height. The radius should be the smaller value of the two. poly: x1, y1, x2, y2, ..., xN, yN. The first x and y coordinate pair and the last should be the same to close the polygon. When these coordinate values are not the same, user agents should infer an additional coordinate pair to close the polygon. Coordinates are relative to the top, left corner of the object. All values are lengths. All values are separated by commas.	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
href	%URI;	This attribute specifies the location of a Web resource, thus defining a link between the current element (the source anchor) and the destination anchor defined by this attribute	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
hreflang	a language code, as per [RFC1766]	This attribute specifies the base language of the resource designated by href and may only be used when href is specified	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
name	CDATA	This attribute names the current anchor so that it may be the destination of another link. The value of this attribute must be a unique anchor name. The scope of this name is the current document. Note that this attribute shares the same name space as the id attribute	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
rel	alternate designates stylesheet start next prev contents index glossary copyright chapter section subsection appendix help bookmark	This attribute describes the relationship from the current document to the anchor specified by the href attribute. The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
rev	alternate designates stylesheet start next prev contents index glossary copyright chapter section subsection appendix help bookmark	This attribute is used to describe a reverse link from the anchor specified by the href attribute to the current document. The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
shape	default rect circle poly	This attribute specifies the shape of a region. Possible values: default: Specifies the entire region. rect: Define a rectangular region. circle: Define a circular region. poly: Define a polygonal region.	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset
target	_blank _parent _self _top	Where to open the target resource	HTML4 Transitional Frameset
type	media type, as per [RFC2045]	MIME type of the target resource	HTML4 Strict Transitional Frameset