HTML CSS Reference/HTML Attributes Reference/href
"href" Example
<HTML>
<head><Title>Example For href</Title></head>
<BODY>
<a href="#jumpto">Scroll down to the bottom paragraph</a>
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<p id="jumpto">This is the last paragraph on the page</p>
</BODY>
</HTML>
href is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <area> |
| |<base> <link> (not NN4) |
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href Possible Values
Possible Values
URL Specifies the location of the requested file.
#name Specifies the target anchor "#name".
Filename Specifies the name of a file in a network or local hard drive.
Other protocols You can use any of the following protocols in your href value:
afs:// AFS file access.
cid:// Content identifiers for MIME body part.
file:// Specifies the address of a file from the locally accessible drive.
ftp:// Uses Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to retrieve a file.
http:// The most commonly used access method.
https:// Provide some level of security of transmission
mailto:// Opens an email program.
mid:// The message identifier for email.
news:// Usenet newsgroup.
x-exec:// Executable program.
"href" Syntax and Note
Note:
The href attribute sets URL or anchor point of the
<a>, <area>, <base>, and <link> elements.
Syntax:
<element href="value"> . . . </element>