a

Form

<a href="URL"> ... </a>
<a name="Anchor name"> ... </a>
<a href="URL" target="Target name"> ... </a>

Attributes

attribute default description
id none specifies the unique ID
class none specifies the style sheet class
style none specifies the style sheet
href none specifies the URL of the linked resource
name none specifies the anchor name which defines the destination to link to within the same page
target none displays the page to link to in the specified target window

Support

HTML 2, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 [STF], XHTML 1.0 [STF], XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
Microsoft (MSDN)
[IE3 or later][Firefox 1 or later][Safari 1 or later][Opera 3 or later][Netscape 2 or later]

Explanation

The a tag specifies links or anchors. If linking to the sample.html file in the same directory (folder), you should specify <a href="sample.html"> ... </a>. If linking to the sample.html within the info folder in the same hierarchy level, you should specify <a href="info/sample.html"> ... </a>. If linking to the sample.html file in the next upper level, you should specify <a href="../sample.html"> ... </a>.
The tag allows you to link to other web sites. If linking to the site "http://www.openspc2.org/", you should specify <a href="http://www.openspc2.org/"> ... </a>. You may also specify other protocols such as not only 'http:' protocol but also 'https:' and 'ftp:' protocol.
When specifying an anchor, you should use the name attribute. If specifying (creating) the anchor named chapter1, type <a name="chapter1"> ... <a>. If linking to this anchor, specify the #. Type <a name="chapter1"> ... <a>, and a click allows to jump to the anchor chapter1.
When clicking on a link, the target attribute is used to make it's destination display in a subwindow (new window) or frame. Each value, (_selfA_blankA_parentAand _top), which are what may be specified in the target attribute, execute the specified action. The _self displays the linked content in the same frame. The _blank displays it in a new window. The _parent displayed it in the immediate frameset parent. The _top displays it in the full window. The value _media displays the media content in the Media Bar content area and is valid for Internet Explorer 6 in Windows XP SP1

Related Tags

area, map

Sample Code [Output]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
 <head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=shift_jis">
<title>Sample</title>
</head>
 <body>
<h1>Sample</h1>
<p>
<a href="info.html">to the information page</a><br>
<a href="http://www.openspc2.org/">OpenSpace</a>
</p>
</body>
</html>

Reference

open a subwindow with a specified size
remove the underline from linked text
change an image on mouseover using a style sheet
start e-mail program when clicking a link
remove a frame