a | Elements | HTML

The a HTML element is a hyperlink (hypertext anchor).

<a attribute-name="attribute-value"></a>

Global

Name	Value	Description
download	string	download the hyperlink destination
href	URI	reference to the hyperlink destination
hreflang	language tag	language of the hyperlink destination
ping	list of URIs	list of URLs to notify if a user follows the hyperlink
referrerpolicy	empty \| no-referrer \| no-referrer-when-downgrade \| origin \| origin-when-cross-origin \| same-origin \| strict-origin \| strict-origin-when-cross-origin \| unsafe-url	referrer policy for fetches initiated by the element
rel	tokens	relationship between the hyperlink document and the hyperlink destination
target	browsing-context name or keyword	browsing context for the hyperlink destination
type	MIME type	type of the hyperlink destination

a:link, a:visited {
    color: (internal value);
    cursor: auto;
    text-decoration: underline;
}
a:link:active, a:visited:active {
    color: (internal value);
}

<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="">empty</a> corresponds to no referrer policy, causing a fallback to a referrer policy defined elsewhere, or in the case where no such higher-level policy is available, defaulting to no-referrer-when-downgrade 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">no-referrer</a> sends no referrer information is to be sent along with requests made from a particular request client to any origin 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade">no-referrer-when-downgrade</a> sends a full URL along with requests from environment settings objects whose HTTPS state is modern to a potentially trustworthy URL, and requests from clients whose HTTPS state is not modern to any origin 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="origin">origin</a> sends only the ASCII serialization of the origin of the request client is sent as referrer information when making both same-origin requests and cross-origin requests from a particular client 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin">origin-when-cross-origin</a> sends a full URL, stripped for use as a referrer, is sent as referrer information when making same-origin requests from a particular request client, and only the ASCII serialization of the origin of the request client is sent as referrer information when making cross-origin requests from a particular client 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="same-origin">same-origin</a> sends a full URL, stripped for use as a referrer, is sent as referrer information when making same-origin requests from a particular client 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="strict-origin">strict-origin</a> sends the ASCII serialization of the origin of the request client when making requests: from an environment settings object whose HTTPS state is modern to a potentially trustworthy URL, and from environment settings objects whose HTTPS state is not modern to any origin 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin">strict-origin-when-cross-origin</a> sends a full URL, stripped for use as a referrer, is sent as referrer information when making same-origin requests from a particular request client, and only the ASCII serialization of the origin of the request client when making cross-origin requests: from a environment settings object whose HTTPS state is modern to a potentially trustworthy URL, and from environment settings objects whose HTTPS state is not modern to any origin 
 <a href="/" referrerpolicy="unsafe-url">unsafe-url</a> sends a full URL, stripped for use as a referrer, is sent along with both cross-origin requests and same-origin requests made from a particular client
</body>
</html>

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)

a

Syntax

HTML

Attributes

CSS

Examples

download

href

hreflang

ping

referrerpolicy

rel

target

type

CSS

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