HTML Link
Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to
click their way from page to page.
HTML Links - Hyperlinks
HTML links are hyperlinks.
You can click on a link and jump to another document.
When you move the mouse over a link, the mouse arrow will turn
into a little hand.
Note: A link does not have to be text. A
link can be an image or any other HTML element!
HTML Links - Syntax
The HTML <a> tag
defines a hyperlink. It has the following syntax:
<a href="url">link text</a>
The most important attribute of the <a> element
is the href attribute, which indicates the link's
destination.
The link
text is the part that will be visible to the reader.
Clicking on the link text, will send the reader to the specified
URL address.
Example
This example shows how to create a link to W3Schools.com:
<a href=" https://fixhubblog.blogspot.com/">Visit Fixhub!</a>
By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers:
- An
unvisited link is underlined and blue
- A
visited link is underlined and purple
- An
active link is underlined and red
Tip: Links can of course be styled with
CSS, to get another look!
HTML Links - The target Attribute
By default, the linked page will be displayed in the current
browser window. To change this, you must specify another target for the link.
The target attribute specifies where
to open the linked document.
The target attribute can have one of
the following values:
_self- Default. Opens the document in the same window/tab as it was clicked_blank- Opens the document in a new window or tab_parent- Opens the document in the parent frame_top- Opens the document in the full body of the window
Example
Use target="_blank" to open the linked document in a new
browser window or tab:
<a href=" https://fixhubblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Visit FixHub!</a>
Absolute URLs vs. Relative URLs
Both examples above are using an absolute URL (a
full web address) in the href attribute.
A local link (a link to a page within the same website) is
specified with a relative
URL (without the "https://www" part):
Example
<h2>Absolute
URLs</h2>
<p><a href=" https://fixhubblog.blogspot.com/">Fixhub</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.google.com/">Google</a></p>
<h2>Relative
URLs</h2>
<p><a href="html_images.asp">HTML Images</a></p>
<p><a href="/css/default.asp">CSS Tutorial</a></p>
HTML Links - Use an Image as a Link
To use an image as a link, just put the <img> tag
inside the <a> tag:
Example
<a href="default.asp">
<img src="smiley.gif" alt="HTML
tutorial" style="width:42px;height:42px;">
</a>
Link to an Email Address
Use mailto: inside the href attribute
to create a link that opens the user's email program (to let them send a new
email):
Example
<a href="mailto:someone@example.com">Send email</a>
Button as a Link
To use an HTML button as a link, you have to add some JavaScript
code.
JavaScript allows you to specify what happens at certain events,
such as a click of a button:
Example
<button onclick="document.location='default.asp'">HTML Tutorial</button>
Link Titles
The title attribute specifies extra
information about an element. The information is most often shown as a tooltip
text when the mouse moves over the element.
Example
<a href=" https://fixhubblog.blogspot.com/html" title="Go
to Fixhub HTML section">Visit
our HTML Tutorial</a>
More on Absolute URLs and Relative URLs
Example
Use a full URL to link to a web page:
<a href=" https://fixhubblog.blogspot.com/html">HTML tutorial</a>
Example
Link to a page located in the html folder on the current web
site:
<a href="/html/default.asp">HTML tutorial</a>
Example
Link to a page located in the same folder as the current
page:
<a href="default.asp">HTML tutorial</a>
Chapter Summary
- Use
the
<a>element to define a link - Use
the
hrefattribute to define the link address - Use
the
targetattribute to define where to open the linked document - Use
the
<img>element (inside<a>) to use an image as a link - Use
the
mailto:scheme inside thehrefattribute to create a link that opens the user's email program
HTML Link Tags
|
Tag |
Description |
|
<a> |
Defines a hyperlink |
