Definition and Usage
The HTML <a> (an anchor) tag creates a hyperlink (link) to files, emails, telephone numbers, SMS messages, a section of a web page being viewed, web pages on the same or external website via its href attribute. Here are some of the known and less known attributes of the anchor tag.
Link Attributes
- charset (obsolete)
- coords (obsolete)
- download
- href
- hreflang
- media
- name (obsolete)
- ping
- referrerpolicy
- rel
- rev (obsolete)
- shape (obsolete)
- target
- title (optional)
- type
Browser Support
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer/Edge
- Safari
- Opera
Additional browser compatibility and support can be found on the MDN Web Docs