The HTMLAnchorElement interface represents hyperlink elements and provides special properties and methods (beyond those of the regular HTMLElement object interface that they inherit from) for manipulating the layout and presentation of such elements. This interface corresponds to <a> element; not to be confused with <link>, which is represented by HTMLLinkElement)
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLElement.accessKeyA string representing a single character that switches input focus to the hyperlink.
HTMLAnchorElement.downloadA string indicating that the linked resource is intended to be downloaded rather than displayed in the browser. The value represent the proposed name of the file. If the name is not a valid filename of the underlying OS, browser will adapt it.
HTMLAnchorElement.hashA string representing the fragment identifier, including the leading hash mark ('#'), if any, in the referenced URL.
HTMLAnchorElement.hostA string representing the hostname and port (if it's not the default port) in the referenced URL.
HTMLAnchorElement.hostnameA string representing the hostname in the referenced URL.
HTMLAnchorElement.hrefA string that is the result of parsing the href HTML attribute relative to the document, containing a valid URL of a linked resource.
HTMLAnchorElement.hreflangA string that reflects the hreflang HTML attribute, indicating the language of the linked resource.
HTMLAnchorElement.origin Read only
Returns a string containing the origin of the URL, that is its scheme, its domain and its port.
HTMLAnchorElement.passwordA string containing the password specified before the domain name.
HTMLAnchorElement.pathnameA string containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL, not including the query string or fragment.
HTMLAnchorElement.portA string representing the port component, if any, of the referenced URL.
HTMLAnchorElement.protocolA string representing the protocol component, including trailing colon (':'), of the referenced URL.
HTMLAnchorElement.referrerPolicyA string that reflects the referrerpolicy HTML attribute indicating which referrer to use.
HTMLAnchorElement.relA string that reflects the rel HTML attribute, specifying the relationship of the target object to the linked object.
HTMLAnchorElement.relList Read only
Returns a DOMTokenList that reflects the rel HTML attribute, as a list of tokens.
HTMLAnchorElement.searchA string representing the search element, including leading question mark ('?'), if any, of the referenced URL.
HTMLElement.tabIndexA long containing the position of the element in the tabbing navigation order for the current document.
HTMLAnchorElement.targetA string that reflects the target HTML attribute, indicating where to display the linked resource.
HTMLAnchorElement.textA string being a synonym for the Node.textContent property.
HTMLAnchorElement.typeA string that reflects the type HTML attribute, indicating the MIME type of the linked resource.
HTMLAnchorElement.usernameA string containing the username specified before the domain name.
HTMLAnchorElement.charset Deprecated
A string representing the character encoding of the linked resource.
HTMLAnchorElement.coords Deprecated
A string representing a comma-separated list of coordinates.
HTMLAnchorElement.name Deprecated
A string representing the anchor name.
HTMLAnchorElement.rev Deprecated
A string representing that the rev HTML attribute, specifying the relationship of the link object to the target object.
Note: Currently the W3C HTML 5.2 spec states that rev is no longer obsolete, whereas the WHATWG living standard still has it labeled obsolete. Until this discrepancy is resolved, you should still assume it is obsolete.
HTMLAnchorElement.shape Deprecated
A string representing the shape of the active area.
Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLElement.blurRemoves the keyboard focus from the current element.
HTMLElement.focusGives the keyboard focus to the current element.
HTMLAnchorElement.toString()Returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a synonym for HTMLAnchorElement.href, though it can't be used to modify the value.
The blur() and focus() methods are inherited from HTMLElement.
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # htmlanchorelement |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
HTMLAnchorElement |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
attributionSourceId |
No | No | No | No | No | 15.414.1–15.4 | No | No | No | No | 15.414.5–15.4 | No |
attributionSrc |
117 | 117 | No | No | 103 | No | 117 | 117 | No | No | No | No |
charset |
1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
coords |
1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
download |
15 | 13 | 20 | No | 15 | 10.1 | 4.4 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
hash |
1 | 12 | 1From Firefox 29 to Firefox 40, the returned value was incorrectly percent-decoded. |
5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4From Firefox 29 to Firefox 40, the returned value was incorrectly percent-decoded. |
14 | 1 | 1.0 |
host |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5In Internet Explorer 9, the host of an<a> always include the port (e.g. developer.mozilla.org:443), even if there is no explicit port in the href attribute value. |
15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
hostname |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
href |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
hreflang |
1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
name |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
origin |
8 | 17 | 26Before Firefox 49, results for URL using theblob scheme incorrectly returned null. |
No | 15 | 5.1 | 3 | 18 | 26Before Firefox 49, results for URL using theblob scheme incorrectly returned null. |
14 | 5 | 1.0 |
password |
32 | 79 | 26 | No | 19 | 10 | 4.4.3 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2.0 |
pathname |
1 | 12 | 1Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
14 | 1 | 1.0 |
ping |
12 | 17 | 1 | No | 15 | 5.1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1.0 |
port |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
protocol |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
referrerPolicy |
5251–52 | 79 | 50 | No | 3938–39 | 14 | 5251–52 | 5251–52 | 50 | 41 | 14 | 6.05.0–6.0 |
rel |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
relList |
65 | 18 | 30 | No | 52 | 9 | 65 | 65 | 30 | 47 | 9 | 9.0 |
rev |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
search |
1 | 12 | 1Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
14 | 1 | 1.0 |
shape |
1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
target |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
text |
1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
toString |
52 | 12 | 22 | 5.5 | 39 | 3 | 52 | 52 | 22 | 41 | 1 | 6.0 |
type |
1 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
username |
32 | 79 | 26 | No | 19 | 10 | 4.4.3 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2.0 |
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