The HTMLAnchorElement.href property is a stringifier that returns a USVString containing the whole URL, and allows the href to be updated.
HTMLAnchorElement.href
Value
A string.
Examples
// An <a id="myAnchor" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement"> element is in the document const anchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor"); anchor.href; // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAnchorElement'
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-hyperlink-href-dev |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
href |
1
|
12
|
1
|
5
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
See also
- The
HTMLAnchorElementinterface it belongs to.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAnchorElement/href
