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Wisnu Mulya
Wisnu Mulya
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Posted by Wisnu Mulya
Wisnu Mulya
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Anchor element without href attribute

Is there any use of using an anchor element without an href attribute?

4 Answers

Gary Bates
Gary Bates
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According to W3.org a - hyperlink the anchor element is almost always used with href attribute. The only example given on the above page is that of a placeholder anchor. A placeholder anchor is one in which the href has been omitted. Prior to HTML5 you could use the name attribute in conjunction with an anchor element but this has been deprecated. If you want to still perform in-page link you would use the id attribute with different elements and the use the anchor element with the href attribute to link to the id in page.

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Unfortunately, No. It is mainly used to link another document, other part of a document and create a relationship between documents.

Eduardo Mejía
Eduardo Mejía
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Eduardo Mejía
Eduardo Mejía
36,816 Points

Why do you want an anchor element without an href attribute? What is the purpose?

Wisnu Mulya
Wisnu Mulya
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Wisnu Mulya
Wisnu Mulya
15,938 Points

In the CSS deep dive, Guil said that link pseudo-class will only select an anchor element with an href attribute. I was just wondering is there any anchor element without an href attribute. And if so, what is it for. Anyway, Gary Bates has made a clear point to me.

Rikky Yoelanda Putra
Rikky Yoelanda Putra
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Rikky Yoelanda Putra
Rikky Yoelanda Putra
2,317 Points

Hi, Actually I never heard about anchor elements without href attribute, the anchor tags or anchor elements using href is globally used to link any pages or elements each other, except you're using tabs or accordion for showing your contents in different places, then you only need javascript, your contents will be loaded all for once and splitted as tabs or accordions depends on which one you used.