Webmaster in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

<a>

Synopsis

<a> ... </a>

Description

Create a hyperlink (href attribute) or fragment identifier (name attribute) within a document.

Attributes

accesskey=char

Define the hot-key character for this anchor.

charset=encoding

Specify the character set used to encode the target.

coords=list

Specify a list of shape-dependent coordinates.

href=url

Specify the URL of a hyperlink target (required if not a name anchor).

hreflang=language

Specify the language encoding for the target.

name=string

Specify the name of a fragment identifier (required if not a hypertext reference anchor).

rel=relationship

Indicate the relationship from this document to the target.

rev=relationship

Indicate the reverse relationship of the target to this document.

shape=shape

Define the region’s shape to be circ, circle, poly, polygon, rect, or rectangle.

tabindex=value

Define the position of this anchor in the document’s tabbing order.

target=name

Define the name of the frame or window to receive the referenced document.

type=type

Specify the MIME type of the target.

Example

To create an anchor named info at some point in a document called doc.html, use the <a> tag with the name attribute:

<a name="info" >Information</a>

To provide a hyperlink to that point in doc.html, use the <a> tag with the href attribute appending the anchor name to the filename using a hash mark (#):

<a href="doc.html#info" >Link to information</a>