Html link to open application

HTML Tag

By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers:

• An unvisited link is underlined and blue
• A visited link is underlined and purple
• An active link is underlined and red

Tips and Notes

Tip: A linked page is normally displayed in the current browser window, unless you specify another target.

Tip: Use CSS to style links: CSS Links and CSS Buttons.

Browser Support

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
download	filename	Specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink
href	URL	Specifies the URL of the page the link goes to
hreflang	language_code	Specifies the language of the linked document
media	media_query	Specifies what media/device the linked document is optimized for
ping	list_of_URLs	Specifies a space-separated list of URLs to which, when the link is followed, post requests with the body ping will be sent by the browser (in the background). Typically used for tracking.
referrerpolicy	no-referrer no-referrer-when-downgrade origin origin-when-cross-origin same-origin strict-origin-when-cross-origin unsafe-url	Specifies which referrer information to send with the link
rel	alternate author bookmark external help license next nofollow noreferrer noopener prev search tag	Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document
target	_blank _parent _self _top	Specifies where to open the linked document
type	media_type	Specifies the media type of the linked document

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HTML target Attribute

The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document:

Definition and Usage

The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document.

Browser Support

Syntax

Attribute Values

Value	Description
_blank	Opens the linked document in a new window or tab
_self	Opens the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked (this is default)
_parent	Opens the linked document in the parent frame
_top	Opens the linked document in the full body of the window
framename	Opens the linked document in the named iframe

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: The Anchor element

The HTML element (or anchor element), with its href attribute, creates a hyperlink to web pages, files, email addresses, locations in the same page, or anything else a URL can address.

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Attributes

This element’s attributes include the global attributes.

Causes the browser to treat the linked URL as a download. Can be used with or without a filename value:

• Without a value, the browser will suggest a filename/extension, generated from various sources:
  • The Content-Disposition HTTP header
  • The final segment in the URL path
  • The media type (from the Content-Type header, the start of a data: URL, or Blob.type for a blob: URL)
  • download only works for same-origin URLs, or the blob: and data: schemes.
  • How browsers treat downloads varies by browser, user settings, and other factors. The user may be prompted before a download starts, or the file may be saved automatically, or it may open automatically, either in an external application or in the browser itself.
  • If the Content-Disposition header has different information from the download attribute, resulting behavior may differ:
    • If the header specifies a filename , it takes priority over a filename specified in the download attribute.
    • If the header specifies a disposition of inline , Chrome and Firefox prioritize the attribute and treat it as a download. Old Firefox versions (before 82) prioritize the header and will display the content inline.

    The URL that the hyperlink points to. Links are not restricted to HTTP-based URLs — they can use any URL scheme supported by browsers:

    • Sections of a page with document fragments
    • Specific text portions with text fragments
    • Pieces of media files with media fragments
    • Telephone numbers with tel: URLs
    • Email addresses with mailto: URLs
    • While web browsers may not support other URL schemes, websites can with registerProtocolHandler()

    Hints at the human language of the linked URL. No built-in functionality. Allowed values are the same as the global lang attribute.

    A space-separated list of URLs. When the link is followed, the browser will send POST requests with the body PING to the URLs. Typically for tracking.

    How much of the referrer to send when following the link.

    • no-referrer : The Referer header will not be sent.
    • no-referrer-when-downgrade : The Referer header will not be sent to origins without TLS (HTTPS).
    • origin : The sent referrer will be limited to the origin of the referring page: its scheme, host, and port.
    • origin-when-cross-origin : The referrer sent to other origins will be limited to the scheme, the host, and the port. Navigations on the same origin will still include the path.
    • same-origin : A referrer will be sent for same origin, but cross-origin requests will contain no referrer information.
    • strict-origin : Only send the origin of the document as the referrer when the protocol security level stays the same (HTTPS→HTTPS), but don’t send it to a less secure destination (HTTPS→HTTP).
    • strict-origin-when-cross-origin (default): Send a full URL when performing a same-origin request, only send the origin when the protocol security level stays the same (HTTPS→HTTPS), and send no header to a less secure destination (HTTPS→HTTP).
    • unsafe-url : The referrer will include the origin and the path (but not the fragment, password, or username). This value is unsafe, because it leaks origins and paths from TLS-protected resources to insecure origins.

    The relationship of the linked URL as space-separated link types.

    Where to display the linked URL, as the name for a browsing context (a tab, window, or ). The following keywords have special meanings for where to load the URL:

    • _self : the current browsing context. (Default)
    • _blank : usually a new tab, but users can configure browsers to open a new window instead.
    • _parent : the parent browsing context of the current one. If no parent, behaves as _self .
    • _top : the topmost browsing context (the «highest» context that’s an ancestor of the current one). If no ancestors, behaves as _self .

    Note: Setting target=»_blank» on elements implicitly provides the same rel behavior as setting rel=»noopener» which does not set window.opener .

    Hints at the linked URL’s format with a MIME type. No built-in functionality.

    Deprecated attributes

    Hinted at the character encoding of the linked URL.

    Note: This attribute is deprecated and should not be used by authors. Use the HTTP Content-Type header on the linked URL.

    Used with the shape attribute. A comma-separated list of coordinates.

    Was required to define a possible target location in a page. In HTML 4.01, id and name could both be used on , as long as they had identical values.

    Note: Use the global attribute id instead.

    Specified a reverse link; the opposite of the rel attribute. Deprecated for being very confusing.

    The shape of the hyperlink’s region in an image map.

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    Linking pages using buttons click event

    

    Hyper links are used to link different pages within a site and outside a site to each other. Same thing can be achieved by using a button. We can use a button to link different pages. We will connect the url of the new page to the onclick event of the button. We can do this by using a form and a submit button but there is no point in using a form for a hyper linking of pages. So here are some examples of using buttons to link different pages.

    HTML button with onClick event with location to link between web pages using address or URLs
    

    Another way of linking button

    Demo of two types of buttons with code

    Using hyper link

    Some time from SEO angle linking using a button is not a good idea as we loose the anchored text advantage of hyper linking. Read the article on search engine friendly page design to know more on this.

    Opening in a new window

    Managing from a child window

    We can open a child window of different height and width by using JavaScript window.open command. We can pass any variable to child window and receive data from child window to main window.

    We can display buttons in Child window and manage the main ( parent ) window by using buttons. We can make the main window navigate to different page from the child window.

    Check this demo on using buttons to manage main window.

    To display above button , source is here

    Button with Style

    We can create attractive buttons by using style property. We can manage shape, size, font , background colour, shadow, hover and many other properties of the button.
    DEMO of Buttons with CSS properties →

    Using bootstrap style

    Bootstrap is opensource front end framework to manage look and feel of your website.
    We can add attractive buttons using bootstrap classes.

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    Using image to link

    Click this logo ( image ) to visit home page

    target=new

    We can open the page in a new tab by using target=new . This can be used in text links and buttons also.

    

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    Click for more tutorial on Button Links & CSS

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    HTML Links

    Links are found in nearly all web pages. Links allow users to click their way from page to page.

    HTML Links — Hyperlinks

    HTML links are hyperlinks.

    You can click on a link and jump to another document.

    When you move the mouse over a link, the mouse arrow will turn into a little hand.

    Note: A link does not have to be text. A link can be an image or any other HTML element!

    HTML Links — Syntax

    The link text is the part that will be visible to the reader.

    Clicking on the link text, will send the reader to the specified URL address.

    Example

    This example shows how to create a link to W3Schools.com:

    By default, links will appear as follows in all browsers:

    • An unvisited link is underlined and blue
    • A visited link is underlined and purple
    • An active link is underlined and red

    Tip: Links can of course be styled with CSS, to get another look!

    HTML Links — The target Attribute

    By default, the linked page will be displayed in the current browser window. To change this, you must specify another target for the link.

    The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document.

    The target attribute can have one of the following values:

    • _self — Default. Opens the document in the same window/tab as it was clicked
    • _blank — Opens the document in a new window or tab
    • _parent — Opens the document in the parent frame
    • _top — Opens the document in the full body of the window

    Example

    Use target=»_blank» to open the linked document in a new browser window or tab:

    Absolute URLs vs. Relative URLs

    Both examples above are using an absolute URL (a full web address) in the href attribute.

    A local link (a link to a page within the same website) is specified with a relative URL (without the «https://www» part):

    Example

    Absolute URLs

    W3C

    Google

    Relative URLs

    HTML Images

    CSS Tutorial

    HTML Links — Use an Image as a Link

    To use an image as a link, just put the tag inside the tag:

    Example

    Link to an Email Address

    Use mailto: inside the href attribute to create a link that opens the user’s email program (to let them send a new email):

    Example

    Button as a Link

    To use an HTML button as a link, you have to add some JavaScript code.

    JavaScript allows you to specify what happens at certain events, such as a click of a button:

    Example

    Tip: Learn more about JavaScript in our JavaScript Tutorial.

    Link Titles

    The title attribute specifies extra information about an element. The information is most often shown as a tooltip text when the mouse moves over the element.

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