JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Link — a hypertext link

Availability

JavaScript 1.0; enhanced in JavaScript 1.1

Inherits from/Overrides

Inherits from HTMLElement

Synopsis

                  document.links[] document.links.length

Properties

Link inherits properties from HTMLElement and defines the following properties. Many of the properties represent portions of a URL. For each of these properties, the example given is a portion of the following (fictitious) URL:

http://www.oreilly.com:1234/catalog/search.html?q=JavaScript&m=10#results

hash

A read/write string property that specifies the anchor portion of the Link’s URL, including the leading hash (#) mark. For example: “#result”. This anchor portion of a URL refers to a named position within the document referenced by the Link. In HTML files, positions are named with anchors created with the <a name=" anchor_name "> tag.

host

A read/write string property that specifies the hostname and port portions of a Link’s URL. For example, “www.oreilly.com:1234”.

hostname

A read/write string property that specifies the hostname portion of a Link’s URL. For example “www.oreilly.com”.

href

A read/write string property that specifies the complete text of the Link’s URL, unlike other Link URL properties that specify only portions of the URL.

pathname

A read/write string property that specifies the pathname portion of a Link’s URL. For example “/catalog/search.html”.

port

A read/write string (not a number) property that specifies the port portion of a Link’s URL. For example “1234”. ...