Mark the start and/or destination of a hypertext link. Anchor elements are defined by the <A> element. The attribute "href=" or "NAME=" is necessary required.
<A
HREF=url
NAME=name
TITLE=text content
REL="home"
REV="home"
URN=urn
METHODS=http-method
TARGET=window name
ACCESSKEY=key
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
DATAFLD=colname
DATASRC=Data Source
LANG=language
CLASS=Style Sheet class name
ID=value
STYLE=styling
TABINDEX=n pixels
event = script
>
Parameter |
Description |
HREF |
Destination URL or anchor point. The text between the anchor elements becomes a hypertext link. If readers select the link, they would move to the document or location specified by the value of the attribute. |
NAME |
The value of the NAME attribute is an identifier for the anchor. If present, the NAME attribute allows the anchor to be the target of a link (another <A HREF...> element). |
TITLE |
The TITLE attribute is for advisory information (unless used with a mailto: attribute). The Title attribute should provide the title of the document whose address is given by the HREF attribute. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a tooltip during the mouse moves on the link. Internet Explorer 4.0 (and above) is the only browser to implement this. |
REL |
Gives the relationship(s) described by the hypertext link from the anchor to the target. The value is a comma-separated list of relationship values. The values and their semantics will be registered by the HTML registration authority. The default relationship if none other is given is void. The REL attribute is only used when the href= attribute is present. |
REV |
Same as the REL attribute, but the semantics of the link type are in the reverse direction. A link from A to B with REL="X" expresses the same relationship as a link from B to A with REV="X". An anchor may have both REL and REV attributes. |
URN |
The URN attribute specifies a Uniform Resource Name (URN) for a target document. The format of URNs is still under discussion. |
METHODS |
METHODS attributes of anchors and links provide information about the functions that the user may perform on an object. These are more accurately given by the HTTP protocol when it is used, but it may, for similar reasons as for the TITLE attribute, be useful to include the information in advance in the link. For example, the HTML user agent may choose a different rendering as a function of the methods allowed; for example, something that is searchable may get a different icon. |
TARGET |
Window or frame at which to target the contents. If no frame or window
exists that matches the specified target, a new window is opened for the
specified link. If no target is specified, the default is "_self"
for a link within the same site or "_top" if the site is external.
Special target values are: |
ACCESSKEY |
Accelerator for the element. Pressing ALT-key selects this element in the user's browser. |
LANGUAGE |
Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the
proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT. |
DATAFLD |
Column name from the data source object that supplies the bound data. |
DATASRC |
ID of the data source object that supplies the data that is bound to this element. |
LANG |
Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form. |
CLASS |
Class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a subclassed style sheet with the tag. |
ID |
SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underscore character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position. |
STYLE |
Inline style sheet for the tag. |
TABINDEX |
Sets the tab order position for the object. |
event |
Can be one or more of these events: |
<A href="http://www.sothink.com">link to Sothink.com.</A>
<A href="home.htm">this link points to a file called home.htm
in the same directory as this page.</A>
<A href="sample.htm" TARGET="main">Click here to load
the link into "main" window.</A>
<A href="http://www.sothink.com"><img src="images/logo.gif">this
link contains an image</A>
<A href="javascript:window.open()">this link opens a new window
using the open method in javascript</A>
Text and/or images may be within an anchor. To represent images that are anchors, a border in the visited or not visited color is displayed. Both the start and end tags are required.