HTML DOM Anchor href Property
Last Updated :
02 Jan, 2024
The Anchor href Property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the value of href attribute of a link. The href attribute is used to specify the link’s destination.
Syntax:
- It returns the href property.
anchorObject.href
- It is used to set the href property.
anchorObject.href = URL
Property Values: It contains the value i.e. URL which specify the URL of the link.
- absolute URL: It points to another website.
- relative URL: It points to a file within a website.
- anchor URL: It points to an anchor within a page.
Return value: It returns a string value which represents the entire URL of the link including the protocol.
Example 1: This example returns the href Property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Anchor href Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body style = "text-align: center;" >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >
DOM Anchor href Property
</ h2 >
< p >Welcome to
id = "GFG" rel = "nofollow" hreflang = "en-us"
target = "_self" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ a >
</ p >
< button onclick = "myGeeks()" >
Submit
</ button >
< p id = "sudo" ></ p >
< script >
function myGeeks() {
let x = document.getElementById("GFG").href;
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Example 2: This example sets the href property.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML DOM Anchor href Property
</ title >
</ head >
< body style = "text-align: center;" >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >
DOM Anchor href Property
</ h2 >
< p >Welcome to
id = "GFG" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ a >
</ p >
< button onclick = "myGeeks()" >
Submit
</ button >
< p id = "sudo" ></ p >
< script >
function myGeeks() {
let x = document.getElementById("GFG").href
document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
= "href change to " + x;
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer 10.0 +
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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