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HTML DOM Anchor Object


Anchor Object

The Anchor object represents an HTML hyperlink.

For each instance of an <a> tag in an HTML document, an Anchor object is created.

An anchor can be used to create a link to another document (with the href attribute) or to create a bookmark inside a document (with the name attribute).

You can access an anchor by searching through the anchors[] array in the Document object, or by using document.getElementById().

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Anchor Object Properties

Property Description IE F O W3C
accessKey Sets or returns a keyboard key to access a link 5 1 No Yes
charset Sets or returns the character-set of the linked resource 6 1 9 Yes
coords Sets or returns a comma-separated list with coordinates of a link in an image-map 6 1 9 Yes
href Sets or returns the URL of the linked resource 5 1 9 Yes
hreflang Sets or returns the language code of the linked resource 6 1 9 Yes
id Sets or returns the id of a link 4 1 9 Yes
innerHTML Sets or returns the text of a link 4 1 9 No
name Sets or returns the name of a link 4 1 9 Yes
rel Sets or returns the relationship between the current document and the target URL 5 1 No Yes
rev Sets or returns the relationship between the target URL and the current document 5 1 No Yes
shape Sets or returns the shape of a link in an image-map 6 1 9 Yes
tabIndex Sets or returns the tab order for a link 6 1 9 Yes
target Sets or returns where to open a link 5 1 9 Yes
type Sets or returns the MIME type of the linked resource 6 1 9 Yes

Standard Properties

Property Description IE  F O W3C
className Sets or returns the class attribute of an element 5 1 9 Yes
dir Sets or returns the direction of text 5 1 9 Yes
lang Sets or returns the language code for an element 5 1 9 Yes
title Sets or returns an element's advisory title 5 1 9 Yes

Anchor Object Methods

Method Description IE F O W3C
blur() Removes focus from the link 5 1 9 Yes
focus() Gives focus to the link 5 1 9 Yes



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