The Anchor Tag and the Name Attribute

The name attribute is used to jump directly into a specific section on a page without scrolling.

Below is the syntax of a named anchor:

<a name="label">Text to be displayed</a>

The name “attribute” is used to create a named anchor. The name of the anchor can be any text you care to use.

The line below defines a named anchor:

<a name="lessons">Select a lesson</a>

Notice that a named anchor is not displayed in a special way.

To link directly to the "lessons" section, add a # sign and the name of the anchor to the end of a URL, like this:

<a href="http:// http://www.youtube.com //html_links.asp#resuits">

Jump to the results Section</a>

A hyperlink to the Useful Tips Section from WITHIN the file "html_links.asp" will look like this:

<a href="#lessons">Jump to the lessons Section</a>

The Target Attribute

With the target attribute, you can define where the linked document will be opened.

The line below will open the document in a new browser window:

<a href=http://www.youtube.com /

target="_blank"> Visit youtube !</a>

HTML Links

HTML uses a hyperlink to link to another document on the Web.

The Anchor Tag and the Href Attribute

HTML uses the <a> (anchor) tag to create a link to another document.

An anchor can point to any resource on the Web: an HTML page, an image, a sound file, a movie, etc.

The syntax of creating an anchor:

<a href="url">Text to be displayed</a>

The <a> tag is used to create an anchor to link from, the href attribute is used to address the document to link to, and the words between the “open and close” of the anchor tag will be displayed as a hyperlink.

This anchor defines a link to youtube:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/">Visit  youtube ! </a>

The line above will look like this in a browser