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HTMLAnchorElement: href property

The HTMLAnchorElement.href property is a stringifier that returns a string containing the whole URL, and allows the href to be updated.

Value

A string.

Examples

js

// An <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document
const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
anchor.href; // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement'

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
href 1 12 1 5.5 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/href