HTML DOM Document anchors attribute

Definition and Usage

Not recommended anchors attribute. Please do not use it.

anchors The attribute only returns those <a> elements that have the name attribute.

HTML5 does not support the name attribute of <a> elements.

Alternative:

Number of <a> elements in the document:

let num = document.getElementsByTagName("a").length;

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Content of the first <a> element:

let content = document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].innerHTML;

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See also:

Anchor Object

Document Links Collection

Instance

Example 1

Number of <a> elements in the document:

let num = document.anchors.length;

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Example 2

Content of the first <a> element:

let content = document.anchors[0].innerHTML;

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Syntax

document.anchors

Parameter

Keine.

Rückgabewert

Typ Beschreibung
Objekt HTMLCollection aller <a>-Elemente im Dokument, die das name-Attribut haben.