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Anchor Tag In HTML

An anchor tag in HTML links one web page to another.

Syntax

<a href=”page_name”>text</a>

<html>

<head>
	<title>Anchor Demo</title>
</head>

<body> <a href="page1.html">Click here to go to page1</a> </body>

</html>

Once you click on the link, you are navigated to page1.html.

The "Target" attribute specifies where the linked document will be opened. There are 5 possible values of the Target attribute.

Target	Purpose	Demo
_blank	Opens the linked document in a new window	Try It
_self	Opens the linked document in the same window	Try It
_parent	Opens the link in the parent window	Try It
_top	Opens the link in the full body of the window	Try It
framename	Open the target document in the specified frame	Try It

Internet Explorer	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera	Edge
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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