A Element | A Object
Designates the start or destination of a hypertext link.
HTML Syntax
<A ACCESSKEY=key CLASS=classname DATAFLD=colname DATASRC=#ID HREF=url ID=value LANG=language LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS METHODS=http-method NAME=name REL="stylesheet" REV="stylesheet" STYLE=css1-properties TABINDEX=n TARGET=window_name | _blank | _parent | _search | _self | _top TITLE=text URN=urn event = script >
Remarks
The A (anchor) element requires the href or the name property to be specified.
Both text and images can be included within an anchor. An image that is an anchor has a border whose color indicates whether the link has been visited.
The A element is an inline element and requires a closing tag.
This element is available in HTML and script as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0.
Members
Styles
Example
The following examples use the A element to link files, open a file, include an image as part of a link, define an anchor, and invoke a function.
<-- Link to a server. --> <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com">Microsoft home page.</A> <-- Link to a file in the same directory. --> <A HREF="home.htm">home.htm</A> <-- Open a file in the window specified by TARGET. --> <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="sample.htm">Open in window</A> <-- Include an IMG element as a part of the link. --> <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com"><IMG SRC="images/bullet.gif">link</A> <-- Link to an anchor. --> <A HREF="#anchor">anchor</A> <-- Define an anchor. --> <A NAME="anchor"> <-- Invoke a JScript function --> <A HREF="javascript:window.open()">link</A>
Did you find this topic useful? Suggestions for other topics? write us!
© 1999 microsoft corporation. all rights reserved. terms of use.