<A> Tag & its Attribute

HTML Tag <A>

<A> Also called the anchor tag, identifies a link or a location within a document. You commonly use this tag to create a hyperlink, using the HREF= attribute. You can also use the <A> tag to identify sections within a document, using the NAME= attribute.

Attribute of <A> Tag

ACCESSKEY

Assigns a key sequence to the element.

<A HREF="help.html" ACCESSKEY="H">
HELP</a>


Possible Values

Any Character.



CHARSET

Specifies character encoding of the data designated by the link. Use the name of a character set defined in RFC2045. The default value for this attribute, appropriate for all Western languages, is "ISO-8859-1".

<A HREF="help.html" CHARSET="ISO-8859-1">
HELP</a>


Possible Values

UTF-8 - Character encoding for Unicode ISO-8859-1 - Character encoding for the Latin alphabet



CLASS

Indicates the style class to apply to the <A> element.

<A HREF="next.html" CLASS="casual">
Next</A>


Possible Values

Any class name that are created



COORDS

Identifies the coordinates that define a clickable area. Measure coordinates, in pixels, from the top left corner of the image.

<A SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="20,8,46,30"
HREF="food.html">


Possible Values

Any Integer number.



HREF

Specifies the relative or absolute location of a file to which you want to provide a hyperlink.

<A HREF="details.html">More Info</a>


Possible Values

Any page name with extension or URL



ID

Assigns a unique ID selector to an instance of the <A> tag. When you then assign a style to that ID selector, it affects only that one instance of the <A> tag.

<A HREF="next.html" ID="123">Next</A>


Possible Values

Any ID that you define.



NAME

Marks a location within the current document with a name. The browser can then quickly move to specific information within a document. You can link to existing named locations in a document by using a fragment URL, consisting of a pound sign (#) and the name (from within that document), or by using a more complete URL, including a pound sign and a name (from other documents or sites).

<A HREF="#ingredients">Ingredients</A><BR>
<A NAME="ingredients"><h1>Ingredients</H1>


Possible Values

Any Unique Name for page to identify the location.



REL

Specifies relationship hyperlinks.

<A REV="made"
HREF="mailto:bob@company.com">


Possible Values

Any URL.



REV

Specifies reverse relationship hyperlinks.

<A REV="Previous"
HREF="http://www.cs-tutorial.com/quiz.html">


Possible Values

Any name.



SHAPE

Specifies the type of shape used to represent the clickable area. SHAPE=RECT indicates that the shape is rectangular. SHAPE=CIRCLE specifies that the shape is a circle. SHAPE=POLY indicates that the shape is a polygon represented by three or more points.

<A SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="20,8,46,30"
HREF="food.html">


Possible Values

RECT
CIRCLE
POLY



STYLE

Specifies Style Sheet commands that apply to the contents within the <A> tags.

<A STYLE="background: red"
HREF="page2.html">Page 2</A>


Possible Values

Any one or more CSS properties.



TABINDEX

Indicates where the element appears in the tabbing order of the document.

<A HREF="food.html" TABINDEX="4">Food</A>


Possible Values

Any Integer Number.



TARGET

Indicates the name of a specific frame into which you load the linked document. You establish frame names within the <FRAME> tag. The value of this attribute can be any single word.

<A HREF="application2.html"
TARGET="pages">Go to Page 2</a>


Possible Values

_blank
_parent
_self
_top
framename



TITLE

Specifies text assigned to the tag that you can use for context-sensitive help within the document. Browsers may use this to show tool tips over the hyperlink.

<A HREF="page2.html"
TITLE="Go to the next page">


Possible Values

Any text message




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