JavaScript Reference/Javascript Properties/href
"href" Example
<html>
<head>
<base id="myBase">
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
document.all.myBase.href= "http://www.wbex.ru";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a id="myAnchor" href="/index.htm" hreflang="en">www.wbex.ru site</a>
<br><br>
<button onclick="function1();">Change the base URL</button>
<button onclick="alert(myAnchor.href);">Anchor</button>
<button onclick="alert(location.href);">Location</button>
</body>
</html>
"href" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <area> |
| |<base> <link> |
| |location styleSheet |
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"href" Syntax and Note
Note:
Read and write property.
For the <a>, this property specifies the anchor point of the URL.
<area>, and
<link> elements,
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For the <base> element, it establishes a default URL for
relative links.
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For the location object, it specifies the entire URL.
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For the styleSheet object, it specifies the URL of the linked style sheet.
Syntax:
document.getElementById("elementID").href = value
document.all.elementID.href = value // IE only