Anchor Tag

Anchor tag <a> defines a hyperlink, which is used to navigate from one page to another. By default, hyperlink will appear as follows:

• Unvisited link is blue and underlined.
• Active link is red and underlined.
• Visited link is purple and underlined.

Example1: Link from one page to another

page1.html

<p>This is page1.</p>
<a href="page2.html">Click Here</a> for page2.

page2.html

<p>This is page2.</p>
<a href="page1.html">Click Here</a> for page1.

Example2: Navigate within the page

page1.html

<p>This is page1.</p>
<a href="#cse">Click Here</a> for CSE Information.
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<p id="cse">Computer Science and Engineering.</p>

Example3: To a particular location of another page

page1.html

<p>This is page1.</p>
<a href="page2.html#cse">Click Here</a> for CSE Information in page2.

page2.html

<p>This is page2.</p>
<a href="page1.html">Click Here</a> for page1.
....
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<p id="cse">Computer Science and Engineering.</p>