August 2006
Intermediate to advanced
1018 pages
34h 13m
English
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Link: a hyperlink or anchor in an HTML document — DOM Level 0: Node → Element → HTMLElement → Link
Properties
The most important property of a Link is its href, which is the URL to which it links.
The Link object also defines a number of other properties that hold
portions of the 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
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String hash Specifies the anchor portion of the Link’s URL, including the leading hash (#) mark—for example, “#results”. 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 the
nameattribute of the<a>tag. (seeAnchor).-
String host Specifies the hostname and port portions of a Link’s URL—for example, "http://www.oreilly.com:1234“.
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String hostname Specifies the hostname portion of a Link’s URL—for example, "http://www.oreilly.com“.
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String href Specifies the complete text of the Link’s URL, unlike other Link URL properties that specify only portions of the URL.
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String pathname Specifies the pathname portion of a Link’s URL—for example, “/catalog/search.html”.
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String port Specifies the port portion of a Link’s URL—for example, “1234”.
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String protocol Specifies the protocol portion of a Link’s URL, including the trailing colon—for example, “http:”.
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String search Specifies the query portion of a Link’s URL, including the leading question mark—for ...
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