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Posted by Tabrez Ahmad
Tabrez Ahmad
1,822 Points

Hash anchor tag

Hi all,

If you have a link with, for example:

<p><a href="#" class="btn"> Browse Our Cupcakes</a></p>

I see that for the purposes of this example, there was no hyperlink to another page, so it was substitued for '#'.

My question is, why does the # tag take you to the top of the page if you click the link? Is it something to do with an anchor?

Thanks!

2 Answers

Mohammed Gassem
Mohammed Gassem
2,545 Points
Mohammed Gassem
Mohammed Gassem
2,545 Points

(#) used for links within a web page with a defined ID attribute.

Check out: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/html/links

All the best ! Moh

Tabrez Ahmad
Tabrez Ahmad
1,822 Points
Tabrez Ahmad
Tabrez Ahmad
1,822 Points

Great video. Gotta love Treehouse (and the forum)!

Thanks for the tip Moh.