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HTML Hyperlink is also known as the anchor tag. It is denoted with the
<a>
tag and is used to link one page to another.It has an important attribute called
href
, which indicates the link destination.By default, the link will appear in the browser as follows:
Unvisited links will appear in blue.
The visited link will appear in pink.
Active links will appear in red.
PermalinkSyntax of anchor tag
<h1>This is Google</h1>
<a href="https://www.google.com/">Click me!</a>
This anchor tag has some useful
target
attributes. They are:_blank
,_self
,_parent
,_top
._blank
: Open the document in a new window or tab
<h1>This is Google</h1>
<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Click me!</a>
_self
(default): Opens the document in the same window
<h1>This is Google</h1>
<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_self">Click me!</a>
_parent
: Opens the document in the parent frame
<h1>This is Google</h1>
<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_parent">Click me!</a>
_top
: Opens the document in the full body of the window
<h1>This is Google</h1>
<a href="https://www.google.com/" target="_top">Click me!</a>
Happy Learning
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-SriParthu๐๐ฅ
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