HTML | <a> Tag - GeeksforGeeks

The <a> tag in HTML is used to create a hyperlink on the webpage. This hyperlink is used to link the webpage to other webpages.

Syntax:

<a href = "link"> Link Name <a>

Attribute values : The anchor tag contains many attributes which are listed below:

charset: This attribute is used to specifies the character-set. It is not supported by HTML 5.
download: It is used to specify the target link to download when user click.
hreflang: It is used to specify the language of linked document.
media: It is used to specify the linked media.
coords: It is used to specify the coordinate of links. It is not supported by HTML 5.
name: It is used to specify the anchor name. It is not supported by HTML 5 you can use the global id attribute instead.
rel: It is used to specify the relation between current document and linked document.
shape: It is used to specify the shape of link. It is not supported by HTML 5.
type: It is used to specify the type of links.
target: It specify the target link.
rev: It is used to specify the relation between linked document and current document. It is not supported by HTML 5.

Example 1:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>anchor tag</title> 
    </head> 
      
    <body> 
        <p>Welcome to  
            <a href = "https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"> 
                GeeksforGeeks 
            </a> 
        </p> 
    </body> 
</html>                     

Output:

Welcome to GeeksforGeeks

Example 2:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>anchor tag</title> 
    </head> 
      
    <body> 
          
        <p>Click on the image to open web page.</p> 
          
        <!-- anchor tag starts here -->
        <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"> 
        <img src =  
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/gfg1-11.png" 
        width = "300" height="250"> 
        </a> 
        <!-- anchor tag ends here -->
          
    </body> 
</html>                                 

Output:

Most browsers display the <a> tag element with the following default setting.

<style>  
    a:link,a:visited { 
    color: (internal value); 
    text-decoration: underline; 
    cursor: auto; 
} 
  
    a:link:active,a:visited:active { 
    color: (internal value); 
} 
  
</style> 

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by <a> tag are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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