Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 5th Edition

A.9 Text-Level Elements^589

<a href="mypage.html" title="My Page">My Page</a>

This creates a relative link to the named file, in this case mypage.html. It will also dis-

play the text associated with the titleattribute in a tooltip alongside the link when

the visitor places the mouse pointer on the link.

<a href="mailto:[email protected]">Send e-mail to [email protected]</a>

This creates a link to an e-mail address. If a default mail program is configured for the

browser, the mail program will launch and get ready to send a message with the e-mail

address provided, in this case [email protected].

<a href="#top">Back to Top</a>

This creates an internal link to a bookmark or named fragment on the same Web page,

in this case to the named fragment called top.

<a id="top"></a>

This identifies a portion of a Web page as a bookmark or named fragment, in this case,

the named fragment called top.

<a target="_parent" href="mypage.html">My Page</a>

This configures the window that the hyperlinked page will display in. The target

attribute is most often used with frames. Table A.12 lists <a>tag attributes and their

values. Values for the targetattribute are shown in Table A.13.

Table A.12tag attributes

Attribute Value Usage

accesskey A character on the keyboard that

appears in the hyperlink description

Configures a hot key to activate the link without using the

mouse pointer.

href A valid URL or Web page file name Creates a link to the named page or named element.

id Text name, alphanumeric, beginning

with a letter, no spaces

Uniquely identifies the element. This value can be used by

a corresponding hyperlink.

name Text name, alphanumeric, beginning

with a letter, no spaces

Identifies the element. This value is used by a correspon-

ding <a>tag with an hrefattribute. This is deprecated in

XHTML but is included for backward compatibility.

tabindex Numeric Changes the order of the links accessed by pressing the

tkey. Default order is the order the links are placed on

the page.

target See Table A.13 Configures the window that displays the link. The default is

the current window. See Table A.13.

title A brief text description Configures a brief text description that will display in some

browsers when a mouse pointer is placed over the link.