HTML DOM Level 0 Reference: Link

A hypertext link.

Platform Support

IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Chrome Safari

4.0+ 1.0+ 6.0+ 7.0+ 5.0+ 1.0+

IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Chrome	Safari
4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	5.0+	1.0+

Constructors

Constructor

Action

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Link Constructor() : Link

Creates a new instance of a Link object.

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Link() : Link

Creates a new instance of a Link object.

Returns

Link

Visibility: internal

Properties

Property	Action	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Chrome	Safari
onclick : Function Event handler for when a user clicks on the link.	Show Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	5.0+	1.0+
See Also EventListener\|EventTarget\|MouseEvent Availability JavaScript 1.0\|enhanced in JavaScript 1.1
onmouseout : Function Event handler for when a user moves the mouse off of the link.	Show Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	5.0+	1.0+
See Also EventListener\|EventTarget\|MouseEvent Availability JavaScript 1.1
onmouseover : Function Event handler for when a user moves the mouse over the link.	Show Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	5.0+	1.0+
See Also EventListener\|EventTarget\|MouseEvent Availability JavaScript 1.0
target : Object Window to display the contents of the link.	Show Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	5.0+	1.0+
See Also Form.target Availability JavaScript 1.0\|W3C
hash : String Anchor portion of the URL of the link.	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

host : String Host name and port of the URL of the link.	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

hostname : String Host name of the URL of the link.	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

href : String Complete text of the URL of the link.	Show Details	3.0+	1.0+	2.0+	7.0+	5.0+	1.0+
Availability W3C
pathname : String Path name portion of the URL of the link. (e.g. "/docs/index.html")	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

port : String Port portion of the URL of the link.	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

protocol : String Protocol portion of the URL of the link. ("http" or "https")	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

search : String Query string portion of the URL of the link.	No Details	4.0+	1.0+	6.0+	no	no	no

text : String Text between the <a> and </a> tags.	No Details	3.0+	1.0+	2.0+	no	no	no

References

Anchor|Location|HTMLAnchorElement

Availability

JavaScript 1.0|enhanced in JavaScript 1.1|W3C