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HTML 5 <link> Tag

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• HTML <a> Tag
• External Style Sheets

The HTML <link> tag is used for defining a link to an external document. It is placed in in the <head> section of the document.

The <link> tag is commonly used for linking to an external style sheet.

Despite its name ("link"), the link tag is not used for creating a hyperlink to another HTML document. If you need to link to another HTML document, use the HTML <a> tag.

Example

This example references styles an external style sheet. The external style sheet is linked to the document with the <link> tag.

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Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".

There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.

Element-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.

AttributeDescription
hrefSpecifies the URL of the resource document.
hreflangLanguage code of the destination URL. Purely advisory. The value must be a valid RFC 3066 language code.
mediaSpecifies which media the target URL uses. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.

Value:

[The value must be a valid media query. The default value is all].
relDescribes the relationship between the current document and the destination URI. Multiple values can be provided, separated by a space.

Possible values:

  • alternate
  • archives
  • author
  • feed
  • first
  • help
  • icon
  • index
  • last
  • license
  • next
  • pingback
  • prefetch
  • prev
  • search
  • stylesheet
  • sidebar
  • tag
  • up
typeThe MIME type of content at the link destination. Purely advisory.
sizesSpecifies the sizes of icons for visual media. Can be used for favicons. Multiple values can be provided, as long as they're separated by a space.

Examples:

  • sizes="16x16" (1 size)
  • sizes="16x16 32x32 64x64" (3 different sizes)
  • sizes="any" (any size)

Global Attributes

The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.

class id style
contenteditable irrelevant tabindex
contextmenu lang template
dir ref title
draggable registrationmark  

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.

Event Handler Content Attributes

Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.

Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.

onabort ondragover onmousemove
onbeforeunload ondragstart onmouseout
onblur ondrop onmouseover
onchange onerror onmouseup
onclick onfocus onmousewheel
oncontextmenu onkeydown onresize
ondblclick onkeypress onscroll
ondrag onkeyup onselect
ondragend onload onstorage
ondragenter onmessage onsubmit
ondragleave onmousedown onunload

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.

Also see the HTML 4.01 tags


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