The HTML <a> Element

The <a> (anchor) element is one of the most commonly used elements in HTML. It defines a hyperlink that links one page to another, either within the same website or externally. The most common attribute used with <a> is href, which specifies the URL of the page the link goes to. Additional attributes like target, download, and event handlers like onclick allow further customization.

Here’s how the anchor tag is typically defined:

And this is how it appears when rendered:

This example shows a simple link to an external website.

This example demonstrates using the download attribute to trigger a file download.

This example uses an onclick event to trigger an alert using JavaScript.

This example prevents the default link behavior and logs a message to the console.

This example creates an internal page anchor using an ID.