<h1 style="text-align:center;color:red">HTML Links </h1> Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to click thier way from page to page.

HTML Links

Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to click thier way from page to page.

HTML Links-HYPERLINKS

HTML links are hyperlinks. A hyperlink is a text or an image you can click on, and jump to another document.

HTML Links-Syntax

In HTML, links are defined with the a tag:

a> href="url">link text /a>

Example

a" href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/">Visit our HTML tutorial /a>

The href attribute specifies the destination address (http://www.w3schools.com/html)

The link text is the visible part (Visit our HTML tutorial).

Clicking on the link text, will send you to the specified address.

The link text does not have to be text. It can be an HTMLimafe or any other HTML element.

Without a trailing slash on subfolder addresses, you might generate two requests to the server. Many servers will automatically add a trailing slash to the address and then create a new request.

Local Links

The example abve used an absolute URL (A full web address).

A local link (to the same web site) is spexified with a relative URL (without http://www...)

Example

a> href"html_inages.asp">HTML Images /a> linked to same web site.

a> href="http://www.w3.org/">W3C /a> is a link to a website on the World Wide Web.

HTML Links-Colors

When you move the mouse over a link, two things will normallly happen:

The mouse arrow will turn into a little hand

The color of the link element will change

By default, a link will appear like this (in all browsers):

An unvisited link is underlined and blue

A visited link is underlined and purple

An visited link is underlined and purple

An active lind is underlined and red

You can change the default colors, by using styles:

Example

 
a:link    {color:green; background-color:transparent; text-decoration:none}

a:visited {color:pink; background-color:transparent; text-decoration:none}

a:hover   {color:red; background-color:transparent; text-decoration:underline}

a:active  {color:yellow; background-color:transparent; text-decoration:underline}

HTML Links- The target Attribute

The target attribute specifies where to open the link document.

This example will open the linked document in a new browser
window or in a new tab:

Example


a> href="http://www.w3schools.com/"
target="_blank">Visit W3Schools!

Target Value Description _blank Opens the linked document in a new window or tab
_self Opens the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked (this is default)
_parent Opens the linked document in the parent frame
_top Opens the linked document in the full body of the window

framename Opens the linked document in a named frame
If your webpage is locked in a frame, you can use target="_top" to break out of the frame:

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