The HMTL href attribute defines the URL of the page the link goes to.
The HTML href attribute belongs to the following tags:
HTML <a> href Attribute
Syntax:
<a href="URL">URL – the URL of the link.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Click on the link: <a href="https://www.lenastanley.com/">CodeLife: Animations</a></p>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Click on the link: CodeLife: Animations
HTML <area> href Attribute
Syntax:
<area href="URL"> URL – defines the hyperlink target for the area.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Click on the laptop, or the cup of coffee:</p>
<img src="https://lenadesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/homeOffice.jpg" alt="homeOffice" usemap="#workmap" width="640" height="480">
<map name="workmap">
<area shape="rect" coords="34,44,270,350" alt="laptop" href="https://lenadesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/laptop.jpg">
<area shape="circle" coords="337,300,44" alt="coffee" href="https://lenadesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/photoshop-gif.gif">
</map>
</body>
</html>Output:
Click on the laptop or the cup of coffee:
<div class="ar">
<img src="https://lenadesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/homeOffice.jpg" alt="homeOffice" usemap="#workmap" width="640" height="480">
<map name="workmap">
<area shape="circle" coords="280,210,45" alt="laptop" href="https://lenadesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/laptop.jpg">
<area shape="circle" coords="160,210,45" alt="coffee" href="https://lenadesign.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/photoshop-gif.gif">
</map>
</div>HTML <link> href Attribute
Syntax:
<link href="URL"> URL – the URL of the linked resource/document.
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="example-style.css">
</head>
<body>
<h4>This is a heading.</h4>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is the second paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>Output:
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