Href stands for Hypertext Reference and is the HTML code used to create a link to another page. It is an attribute of an anchor tag (), which is used to determine the beginning and end of a hypertext link. When the anchor tag is used with the href attribute, a hyperlink to a web page, file, email address, or location within the same page is created. It indicates the link’s destination.
While an anchor tag is a common use for href, it is not the only one. Href can also be used with
,Examples of href
a href=”https://www.webopedia.com”>Visit Webopedia/a>
The
tag defines an area inside an image map.img src=”planets.gif” width=”145″height=“126” alt=”Planets”
usemap=”#planetmap”>
map name=”planetmap”>
area shape=”rect” coords=”0,0,82,126″ href=”sun.htm” alt=”Sun”>
area shape=”circle” coords=”90,58,3″ href=”mercur.htm” alt=”Mercury”>
area shape=”circle” coords=”124,58,8″ href=”venus.htm” alt=”Venus”>
/map>
The
head>
base href=”https://www.webopedia.com/images/”>
/head>
The tag defines the relationship between the current document and an external resource.
link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”theme.css”>
