Bhavitha Cherukuri: HTML Links

HTML Links

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.

HTML Links — Syntax

The HTML <a> tag defines a hyperlink. It has the following syntax:

<a href="url">click here</a>

The most important attribute of the <a> element is the href attribute, which indicates the link's destination.

The click here is the part that will be visible to the reader.

Clicking on the click here , will send the reader to the specified URL address.

Example

This example shows how to create a link:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            My website

        </title>

    </head>
    <body>

        <a href="https://medium.com">
        click me
        </a>

        <br>

        <a href = "lyrics.html">
        song lyrics
        </a>

        <br>

        <a href="test@fake.com">
        email me
        </a>

        
    </body>


</html>

This is how a new webpage opens with three hyperlinks:

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

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:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            My website

        </title>

    </head>
    <body>

        <a href="https://medium.com" 
        target ="_blank"
        title = "Goes to google">
        click me</a>

        <br>
    </body>
</html>