The HTML rel attribute is used to specify the relationship between the current and the linked document. It is used only when href attribute present.
Syntax:
<link rel="value">
Attribute Values
- alternate: It specifies the alternative link of the document(i.e. print page, translated or mirror).
- author: It define author of the link
- dns-prefetch: It Specifies that the browser should preemptively perform DNS resolution for the target resource’s origin
- help: It specifies a link to a help document. Example: <link rel=”help” href=”/help/”>
- icon: It specifies import icon in a given document
- license: It specifies a link to copyright information for the document
- next: It provide the link of next document in series
- pingback: It specifies the address of the pingback serve
- preconnect: It specifies the target should be preemptively to the origin resource
- prefetch: It specifies that the target document should be cached.
- preload: It specifies that the browser must preemptively fetch and cache
- prerender: It specifies that the browser should load
- prev: It specifies the previous document in a selection
- search: It specifies the search tool for the document.
- stylesheet: It Imports a style sheet
Example of HTML link rel Attribute
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< link rel = "stylesheet"
type = "text/css"
href = "index_screen.css" >
< link rel = "stylesheet"
type = "text/css"
href = "index_print.css" >
</ head >
< body >
< center >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
target = "_blank" >
Click here
</ a >
</ center >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML rel Attribute are listed below
- Google Chrome 1
- Edge 12
- Firefox 1.0
- Apple Safari
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
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Last Updated :
06 Jun, 2022
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