Designates the start or destination of a hypertext link.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the a object.

Attributes/Properties

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Attribute Property Description ACCESSKEY accessKey Sets or retrieves the accelerator key for the object. aria-busy   ariaBusy Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether a live region is finished updating. aria-checked   ariaChecked Sets or retrieves the checked state of this element. aria-controls   ariaControls Sets or retrieves the list of elements that are controlled by the current element. aria-describedby   ariaDescribedby Sets or retrieves a list of elements that describe the current object. aria-disabled   ariaDisabled Sets or retrieves the disabled state of this element. aria-expanded   ariaExpanded Sets or retrieves the expanded state of this element. aria-flowto   ariaFlowto Sets or retrieves the recommended reading order of content. aria-haspopup   ariaHaspopup Sets or retrieves a value indicating whether this element may display a pop-up window. aria-hidden   ariaHidden Sets or retrieves the hidden state of this element. aria-invalid   ariaInvalid Sets or retrieves the invalid state of this element. aria-labelledby   ariaLabelledby Sets or retrieves a list of elements that provide a label for the current object. aria-level   ariaLevel Sets or retrieves the level of this element. aria-multiselect   ariaMultiselect Sets or retrieves the multiple-selection state of this element. aria-owns   ariaOwns Sets or retrieves a list of child objects, including elements that are not direct descendants of the current object. aria-posinset   ariaPosinset Sets or retrieves the current position of an item within a set. aria-pressed   ariaPressed Sets or retrieves the pressed state of a button that can be toggled. aria-readonly   ariaReadonly Sets or retrieves the read-only state of this element. aria-required   ariaRequired Sets or retrieves the form-completion requirement of this element. aria-secret   ariaSecret Sets or retrieves the secret state of this element. aria-selected   ariaSelected Sets or retrieves the selection state of this element. aria-setsize   ariaSetsize Sets or retrieves the set size of this element. aria-valuemax   ariaValuemax Sets or retrieves the maximum value that a user can provide. aria-valuemin   ariaValuemin Sets or retrieves the minimum value that a user can provide. aria-valuenow   ariaValuenow Sets or retrieves the current value of the element. ATOMICSELECTION Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit. attributes   Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object. canHaveChildren Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects. canHaveHTML Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup. charset Sets or retrieves the character set used to encode the object. CLASS className Sets or retrieves the class of the object. clientHeight Retrieves the height of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar. clientLeft Retrieves the distance between the offsetLeft property and the true left side of the client area. clientTop Retrieves the distance between the offsetTop property and the true top of the client area. clientWidth Retrieves the width of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar. constructor   Returns a references to the constructor of an object. CONTENTEDITABLE contentEditable Sets or retrieves the string that indicates whether the user can edit the content of the object. COORDS coords Sets or retrieves the coordinates of the object. DATAFLD dataFld Sets or gets which field of a given data source, as specified by the dataSrc property, to bind to the specified object. DATASRC dataSrc Sets or gets the source of the data for data binding. DIR dir Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object. firstChild Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object. hash Sets or retrieves the subsection of the href property that follows the number sign (#). HIDEFOCUS hideFocus Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus. host Sets or retrieves the hostname and port number of the location or URL. hostname Sets or retrieves the host name part of the location or URL. HREF href Sets or retrieves the destination URL or anchor point. HREFLANG hreflang Sets or retrieves the language code of the object. ID id Retrieves the string identifying the object. innerHTML Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object. innerText Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object. isContentEditable Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object. isDisabled Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object. isMultiLine Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines. isTextEdit Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object. LANG lang Sets or retrieves the language to use. LANGUAGE language Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written. lastChild Retrieves a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object. METHODS Methods Sets or gets the list of HTTP methods supported by the object.    msBlockProgression Sets or retrieves the block progression and layout orientation. -ms-box-sizing   msBoxSizing Sets or retrieves the box model to use for object sizing. NAME name Sets or retrieves the name of the object. nameProp Retrieves the file name specified in the href or src property of the object. nextSibling Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object. nodeName Retrieves the name of a particular type of node. nodeType Retrieves the type of the requested node. nodeValue Sets or retrieves the value of a node. offsetHeight Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. offsetLeft Retrieves the calculated left position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. offsetParent Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object. offsetTop Retrieves the calculated top position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. offsetWidth Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property. onOffBehavior Gets an object that indicates whether the specified Microsoft DirectAnimation behavior is running. outerHTML Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML. outerText Sets or retrieves the text of the object. ownerDocument Retrieves the document object associated with the node. parentElement Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy. parentNode Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy. parentTextEdit Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object. pathname Sets or retrieves the file name or path specified by the object. port Sets or retrieves the port number associated with a URL. previousSibling Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object. protocol Sets or retrieves the protocol portion of a URL. quotes   quotes Sets or retrieves the pairs of strings to be used as quotes in generated content. readyState Retrieves the current state of the object. recordNumber Retrieves the ordinal record from the data set that generated the object. REL rel Sets or retrieves the relationship between the object and the destination of the link. REV rev Sets or retrieves the relationship between the object and the destination of the link.    role Sets or retrieves the role for this element. scopeName Gets the namespace defined for the element. scrollHeight Retrieves the scrolling height of the object. scrollLeft Sets or retrieves the distance between the left edge of the object and the leftmost portion of the content currently visible in the window. scrollTop Sets or retrieves the distance between the top of the object and the topmost portion of the content currently visible in the window. scrollWidth Retrieves the scrolling width of the object. search Sets or retrieves the substring of the href property that follows the question mark. SHAPE shape Sets or retrieves the shape of the object. sourceIndex Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection. STYLE Sets an inline style for the element. TABINDEX tabIndex Sets or retrieves the index that defines the tab order for the object. tagName Retrieves the tag name of the object. tagUrn Sets or gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration. TARGET target Sets or retrieves the window or frame at which to target content. TITLE title Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object. TYPE type Sets or retrieves the MIME type of the object. uniqueID Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object. UNSELECTABLE Specifies that an element cannot be selected. URN urn Sets or gets a URN for a target document. Behavior Description anchorClick Enables the browser to navigate to a folder view. clientCaps Provides information about features supported by Internet Explorer, as well as a way for installing browser components on demand. download Downloads a file and notifies a specified callback function when the download is complete. homePage Contains information about a user's homepage. httpFolder Contains scripting features that enable browser navigation to a folder view. saveFavorite Enables the object to persist data in a favorite Web site. saveHistory Enables the object to persist data in the browser history. saveSnapshot Enables the object to persist data when a Web page is saved. time Provides an active timeline for an HTML element. time2 Provides an active timeline for an HTML element or group of elements. userData Enables the object to persist data in user data. Collection Description all Returns a reference to the collection of elements contained by the object. attributes Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object. behaviorUrns Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element. childNodes Retrieves a collection of HTML Elements and TextNode objects that are direct descendants of the specified object. children Retrieves a collection of DHTML Objects that are direct descendants of the object. Event Description onactivate Fires when the object is set as the active element. onafterupdate Fires on a databound object after successfully updating the associated data in the data source object. onbeforeactivate Fires immediately before the object is set as the active element. onbeforecopy Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard. onbeforecut Fires on the source object before the selection is deleted from the document.