HTML Tutorial

Anchor Element

The anchor tag can be used to create a hyperlink that allows a visitor to follow the reference to a different web page.

By default, a hyperlink is distinguishable from normal text because it is underlined and appears in blue (or purple if visited).

Attributes

Attribute Value
href The path (URL) to the webpage or resource that the link will lead to once it is clicked by the user.

Example

Code:

<html>
	...
	<body>
		<p>
		This is an example of a 
		<a href="anchor.html" >hyperlink</a>.
		</p>
	</body>
	...
</html>

Screen Output:

This is an example of a hyperlink.