<A>

Creates an anchor which may represent a hyperlink or a hyperlink target depending on the attributes which are defined. Hyperlinks may enclose text or a graphic which the user may click in order to navigate to another page on the same site or to a different site entirely.

Attributes

Attribute Description HREF Hyperlink (URL) to define a link to another resource NAME Creates a named anchor which can be targetted by a hyperlink

Example

<A HREF="http://www.google.com/">Link to Google</A>
<A HREF="#scrollhere">Scroll Page to Section</A>

<A NAME="scrollhere"></A>

Renders As

Link to Google
Scroll Page to Section

Compatibility

HTML 4.01