HTML Links – Use an Image as a Link
To use an image as a link, just put the <img> tag inside the <a> tag:
<a href="default.asp"><img src="smiley.gif" alt="HTML tutorial" style="width:42px;height:42px;"></a>
Link to an Email Address
Use mailto: inside the href attribute to create a link that opens the user’s email program (to let them send a new email):
<a href="mailto:someone@example.com">Send email</a>
Button as a Link
To use an HTML button as a link, you have to add some JavaScript code.
JavaScript allows you to specify what happens at certain events, such as a click of a button:
<button onclick="document.location='default.asp'">HTML Tutorial</button>
Link Titles
The title attribute specifies extra information about an element. The information is most often shown as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element.
<a href="https://www.codeapka.com/detials/html-links" title="Go to codeapka HTML section">Visit our HTML Tutorial</a>
HTML Links – Syntax
The HTML <a> tag defines a hyperlink. It has the following syntax:
<a href=”url”>link text</a>
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.
<a href="https://www.codeapka.com/">Visit codeapka.com</a>
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
Tip: Links can of course be styled with CSS, to get another look!
HTML Links – The target Attribute
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
Use target=”_blank” to open the linked document in a new browser window or tab:
<a href="https://www.coodeapka.com/" target="_blank">Visit coodeapka!</a>
Absolute URLs vs. Relative URLs
Both examples above are using an absolute URL (a full web address) in the href attribute.
A local link (a link to a page within the same website) is specified with a relative URL (without the “https://www” part):
<h2>Absolute URLs</h2> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/">W3C</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/">Google</a></p> <h2>Relative URLs</h2> <p><a href="html_images.asp">HTML Images</a></p> <p><a href="/categery/css/">CSS Tutorial</a></p>