The HTML <a> href Attribute is used to specify the URL of the page that the link goes to. When the href attribute is not present in the <a> an element that it will not be a hyperlink.
This attribute is used to specify a link to any address. This attribute is used along with <a> tag.
Syntax:
<a href="URL"> Link text </a>
Attribute Values:
- 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.
Example: This Example illustrates the use of href attribute in <a> element.
HTML
<html>
<body>
<h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1>
<h2>
HTML a href Attribute
</h2>
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</a>
<br>
target="_blank">
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</a>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <a>href Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Edge version 12 and above
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox version
- Opera
- Safari