Module anchor 

Attribute names for anchor (<a>) elements.

Purpose

The <a> element creates hyperlinks to other pages, locations within the same page, files, email addresses, or any other URL.

Common Attributes

• href: The URL that the hyperlink points to
• target: Where to display the linked URL (_blank, _self, _parent, _top)
• rel: Relationship between current and linked document
• download: Suggests downloading the linked resource
• referrerpolicy: Controls referrer information sent with requests

Example

<a href="https://example.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
  External Link
</a>
<a href="/page" hreflang="en">Internal Link</a>
<a href="document.pdf" download="filename.pdf">Download PDF</a>

WHATWG Specification

• The a element

Constants

DOWNLOAD

The download attribute.

HREF

The href attribute.

HREFLANG

The hreflang attribute.

REFERRERPOLICY

The referrerpolicy attribute.

REL

The rel attribute.

TARGET

The target attribute.

TYPE

The type attribute.