HTML DOM Anchor Object
Anchor Object
The Anchor object represents the HTML <a> element.
Accessing Anchor Object
You can use getElementById() to access the <a> element:
var x = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
Create Anchor Object
You can create an <a> element using the document.createElement() method:
var x = document.createElement("A");
Anchor Object Properties
| Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
| charset |
Not supported in HTML5. Set or return the value of the link's charset attribute. |
| download | Set or return the value of the link's download attribute. |
| hash | Set or return the anchor part of the href attribute value. |
| host | Set or return the hostname and port parts of the href attribute value. |
| hostname | Set or return the hostname part of the href attribute value. |
| href | Set or return the value of the link's href attribute. |
| hreflang | Set or return the value of the link's hreflang attribute. |
| origin | Return the protocol, hostname, and port parts of the href attribute value. |
| name |
Not supported in HTML5.Please use element.id. Set or return the value of the link's name attribute. |
| password | Set or return the password part of the href attribute value. |
| pathname | Set or return the pathname part of the href attribute value. |
| port | Set or return the port part of the href attribute value. |
| protocol | Set or return the protocol part of the href attribute value. |
| rel | Set or return the value of the link's rel attribute. |
| rev |
Not supported in HTML5. Set or return the value of the link's rev attribute. |
| search | Set or return the query string part of the href attribute value. |
| target | Set or return the value of the link's target attribute. |
| text | Set or return the text content of the link. |
| type | Set or return the value of the link type attribute. |
| username | Set or return the username part of the href attribute value. |
Standard attributes and events
The Anchor object supports both standardAttributesandEvents.
