HTML DOM Anchor Object

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# HTML DOM Anchor Object

## Anchor Object

The Anchor object represents an HTML hyperlink.

For each instance of an <a> tag in an HTML document, an Anchor object is created.

An anchor can be used to create a link to another document (with the href attribute) or to create a bookmark inside a document (with the name attribute).

You can access an anchor by searching through the anchors[] array in the Document object, or by using document.getElementById().

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

### Anchor Object Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
accessKey | Sets or returns a keyboard key to access a link | 5 | 1 | No | Yes
charset | Sets or returns the character-set of the linked resource | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes
coords | Sets or returns a comma-separated list with coordinates of a link in an image-map | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes
href | Sets or returns the URL of the linked resource | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
hreflang | Sets or returns the language code of the linked resource | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes
id | Sets or returns the id of a link | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
innerHTML | Sets or returns the text of a link | 4 | 1 | 9 | No
name | Sets or returns the name of a link | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
rel | Sets or returns the relationship between the current document and the target URL | 5 | 1 | No | Yes
rev | Sets or returns the relationship between the target URL and the current document | 5 | 1 | No | Yes
shape | Sets or returns the shape of a link in an image-map | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes
tabIndex | Sets or returns the tab order for a link | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes
target | Sets or returns where to open a link | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
type | Sets or returns the MIME type of the linked resource | 6 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Standard Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
className | Sets or returns the class attribute of an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
dir | Sets or returns the direction of text | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
lang | Sets or returns the language code for an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
title | Sets or returns an element's advisory title | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Anchor Object Methods

Method | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
blur() | Removes focus from the link | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
focus() | Gives focus to the link | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

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