Quick Reference
The a tag (link) is used for creating a link to another document, image, video, or to a section of the current document. These are its attributes.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| download | filename | Specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink |
| href | URL | Specifies the URL of the page that the link goes to |
| hreflang | language_code | Specifies the language of the linked document |
| media | media_query | Specifies for what media/device the linked document is optimized |
| ping | list_of_URLs | Specifies a space-separated list of URLs to which, when the link is followed, post requests with the body ping will be sent by the browser; typically used for tracking |
| referrerpolicy | no-referrer no-referrer-when-downgrade origin origin-when-cross-origin same-origin strict-origin-when-cross-origin unsafe-url | Specifies which referrer information to send with the link |
| rel | alternate author bookmark external help license next nofollow noreferrer noopener prev search tag | Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document |
| target | _blank _parent _self _top | Specifies where to open the linked document |
| type | media_type | Specifies the media type of the linked document |
HTML Notes:
- In our HTML section the term “tag” and “element” are often used interchangeably to refer to both the tag used to create a page element and the element created by the tag (<p> tag = <p> element = paragraph on the page)
- HTML5 is not case sensitive; so <P> is the same as <p>, <H1> is the same as <h1>
- Global attributes can be used with all HTML tags and are therefore not mentioned on every tag page
- To write clean, readable HTML code, it is best to use indentation whereas elements within elements are indented (tabbed or spaces) to create something that looks like a project outline
- The browser will automatically remove any extra spaces and lines in your HTML code when the page is displayed
- Double quotes or single quotes can be used around HTML attribute values, but when the attribute value itself contains one form of quote, it will be necessary to use the other around the attribute
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