- HTML Links
- HTML Links — Hyperlinks
- HTML Links — Syntax
- Example
- HTML Links — The target Attribute
- Example
- Absolute URLs vs. Relative URLs
- Example
- Absolute URLs
- Relative URLs
- HTML Links — Use an Image as a Link
- Example
- Link to an Email Address
- Example
- Button as a Link
- Example
- Link Titles
- Тег link
- Атрибуты
- Значения атрибута media
- Пример
- Смотрите также
- How to Link CSS to HTML – Stylesheet File Linking
- How to Link CSS to HTML
- Attributes of the Link Tag
- The rel Attribute
- The type Attribute
- The href Attribute
- Final Thoughts
- HTML Tag
- Browser Support
- Attributes
- Global Attributes
- Event Attributes
- Related Pages
- Default CSS Settings
- COLOR PICKER
- Report Error
- Thank You For Helping Us!
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
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.
Тег link
Тег link подключает CSS файлы на HTML страницу. Кроме того, link подключает некоторые другие файлы, например, фавикон. (Фавикон — это ярлычок сайта, который виден во вкладке браузера. Его также можно увидеть в некоторых поисковиках при поиске напротив сайтов, например в Яндексе).
У данного тега очень много атрибутов и они могут принимать разнообразные значения, однако в реальной жизни они все практически не используются. Самое популярное — это подключение CSS и добавление фавикона.
Как подключить CSS в HTML5: . В более ранних версиях нужно было добавлять атрибут type в значении text/css. В HTML5 так тоже можно делать, но это не обязательно.
Тег link не требует закрывающего тега.
Атрибуты
Атрибут | Описание |
---|---|
href | Путь к подключаемому файлу. |
media | Тип устройства, для которого следует подключить файл. Что имеется ввиду — вы можете подключить CSS файл только для больших экранов (значение screen ) или только для маленьких экранов: для мобильников или планшетов (значение handheld ). Возможные значения: all, braille, handheld, print, screen, speech, projection, tty, tv. Подробнее смотрите ниже. |
rel | Тип подключаемого файла. Возможные значения: stylesheet | alternate. Значение stylesheet указывает на то, что подключается CSS файл, значение alternate используется, к примеру, для указания ссылки на файл в формате XML для описания ленты новостей, анонсов статей. |
charset | Кодировка подключаемого файла. В настоящее время стандартом является utf-8 . |
type | Тип данных подключаемого файла. Для CSS следует использовать text/css, для фавикона: image/x-icon. |
Значения атрибута media
В HTML5 в качестве значений могут быть указаны медиа-запросы.
Значение | Описание |
---|---|
all | Все устройства. |
screen | Экран монитора. |
handheld | Телефоны, смартфоны, устройства с маленьким экраном. |
braille | Устройства, основанные на системе Брайля, предназначены для слепых людей. |
speech | Речевые синтезаторы, а также программы для воспроизведения текста вслух. Сюда же входят речевые браузеры. |
Принтеры. | |
projection | Проекторы. |
tty | Телетайпы, терминалы, портативные устройства с ограниченными возможностями экрана. Для них не должны использоваться пиксели в качестве единиц измерения. |
tty | Телевизоры, которые умеют открывать web страницы (бывает и такое). |
Значение по умолчанию: all .
Пример
Давайте посмотрим, как выглядит структура простейшей html страницы, к которой добавим подключение CSS файлов и фавикона:
Смотрите также
- тег style ,
который добавляет CSS прямо на странице - атрибут style , который задает стили конкретному тегу
How to Link CSS to HTML – Stylesheet File Linking
Kolade Chris
HTML is the markup language that helps you define the structure of a web page. CSS is the stylesheet language you use to make the structure presentable and nicely laid out.
To make the stylings you implement with CSS reflect in the HTML, you have to find a way to link the CSS to the HTML.
You can do the linking by writing inline CSS, internal CSS, or external CSS.
It is a best practice to keep your CSS separate from your HTML, so this article focuses on how you can link that external CSS to your HTML.
How to Link CSS to HTML
To link your CSS to your HTML, you have to use the link tag with some relevant attributes.
The link tag is a self-closing tag you should put at the head section of your HTML.
To link CSS to HTML with it, this is how you do it:
Place the link tag at the head section of your HTML as shown below:
Attributes of the Link Tag
The rel Attribute
rel is the relationship between the external file and the current file. For CSS, you use stylesheet . For example, rel=»stylesheet» .
The type Attribute
type is the type of the document you are linking to the HTML. For CSS, it is text/css . For example type=»text/css» .
The href Attribute
href stands for “hypertext reference”. You use it to specify the location of the CSS file and the file name. It is a clickable link, so you can also hold CTRL and click it to view the CSS file.
For example, href=»styles.css» if the CSS file is located in the same folder as the HTML file. Or href=»folder/styles.css» if the CSS file is located on another folder.
Final Thoughts
This article showed you how to properly link an external CSS file to HTML with the link tag and the necessary attributes.
We also took a look at what each of the attributes means, so you don’t just use them without knowing how they work.
HTML Tag
The tag defines the relationship between the current document and an external resource.
The tag is most often used to link to external style sheets or to add a favicon to your website.
The element is an empty element, it contains attributes only.
Browser Support
Attributes
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
crossorigin | anonymous use-credentials | Specifies how the element handles cross-origin requests |
href | URL | Specifies the location of the linked document |
hreflang | language_code | Specifies the language of the text in the linked document |
media | media_query | Specifies on what device the linked document will be displayed |
referrerpolicy | no-referrer no-referrer-when-downgrade origin origin-when-cross-origin unsafe-url | Specifies which referrer to use when fetching the resource |
rel | alternate author dns-prefetch help icon license next pingback preconnect prefetch preload prerender prev search stylesheet | Required. Specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document |
sizes | HeightxWidth any | Specifies the size of the linked resource. Only for rel=»icon» |
title | Defines a preferred or an alternate stylesheet | |
type | media_type | Specifies the media type of the linked document |
Global Attributes
Event Attributes
Related Pages
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the element with the following default values:
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