Unit 2

HTML Links

Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to click their way from page to page. HTML links are hyperlinks. You can click on a link and jump to another document. When you move the mouse over a link, the mouse arrow will turn into a little hand.

HTML Link-Syntax

The HTML <a> tag defines a hyperlink. It has the following syntax:

The most important attribute of the <a> element is the href attribute, which indicates the link's destination. The link text is the part that will be visible to the reader. Clicking on the link text, will send the reader to the specified URL address.

By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers:

• An unvisited link is underlined and blue

• A visited link is underlined and purple

• An active link is underlined and red

HTML Links- The Target Attributes

By default, the linked page will be displayed in the current browser window. To change this, you must specify another target for the link. The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document. The target attribute can have one of the following values:

• _self - Default. Opens the document in the same window/tab as it was clicked

• _blank - Opens the document in a new window or tab

• _parent - Opens the document in the parent frame

• _top - Opens the document in the full body of the window

Example:

<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Visit Google!</a>

Activity: With Examples, Differentiate between Absolute URLs and Relative URLs

HTML Links- Use an image as a Link

To use an image as a link, just put the <img> tag inside the <a> tag: