Anchor tag tutorial

Anchor tag is a traditional tag used from the initial stage of HTML to give the navigation option to the user. It allows user to jump a page from and to. This page will describe its attributes and their significance.

Attribute	Value	Description
href	absolute URL	different domain, which start with http protocol href="http://www.differentsite.com/test.asp"
	relative URL	url link on same domain, which doesnot need to start with http protocol href="homepage.html" href=+"/homepage.html" example: href="http://www.example.com/2013/test/homepage.html" href="/homepage.html" href=+"/homepage.html" example: href="http://www.example.com/homepage.html" href="//homepage.org" href="http:"+"//homepage.org" example: href="http://homepage.org" href="./homepage.html" href=+"/homepage.html" example: href="http://www.example.com/2013/test/homepage.html" href="../homepage.html" href=+"/homepage.html" example: href="http://www.example.com/2013/homepage.html"
	anchor URL	href="#top" href=+"#top" example:href="http://www.example.com#top"
	mailto protocol	href="mailto:user@example.com? subject=MessageTitle& body=Message Content"
target	_blank	Opens the linked document in a new window or tab
	_self(default)	Opens the linked document in the same frame as it was clicked
	_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 a named frame
charset	char_encoding	Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the character-set of a linked document
coords (supported in Firefox and Opera only)	x1,y1,x2,y2	If the shape attribute is set to "rect", it specifies the coordinates of the top-left corner and the bottom-right corner of the rectangle
	x,y,radius	If the shape attribute is set to "circle", it specifies the coordinates of the circle center and the radius
	x1,y1,x2,y2,..,xn,yn	If the shape attribute is set to "poly", it specifies the coordinates of the edges of the polygon. If the first and last coordinate pairs are not the same, the browser must add the last coordinate pair to close the polygon
hreflang	language_code	A two-letter language code that specifies the language of the linked document. To view all available language codes, go to w3schools Language code reference.
media	media_query	Specifies what media/device the linked document is optimized for. more
name	section_name	Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the name of an anchor
rel	alternate	Links to an alternate version of the document (i.e. print page, translated or mirror)
	author	Links to the author of the document
	bookmark	Permanent URL used for bookmarking
	help	Links to a help document
	license	Links to copyright information for the document
	next	The next document in a selection
	nofollow	Links to an unendorsed document, like a paid link.("nofollow" is used by Google, to specify that the Google search spider should not follow that link)
	noreferrer	Specifies that the browser should not send a HTTP referer header if the user follows the hyperlink
	prefetch	Specifies that the target document should be cached
	prev	The previous document in a selection
	search	Links to a search tool for the document
	tag	A tag (keyword) for the current document
rev	text	Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the relationship between the linked document and the current document
shape	default rect circle poly	Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the shape of a link
type	MIME_type	The MIME type of the linked document. Look at IANA MIME types for a complete list of standard MIME types

Reference: w3schools.com w3.org