HTML link tag

HTML link tag with examples, forms, input, text, anchor, image, heading, marquee, textarea, paragraph, title, quotes, code etc.

<< Back to HTML

next → ← prev

HTML <link> tag

HTML <link> tag is used to specify the relationship between the current document and external source.

The <link> tag is commonly used to link the external Stylesheet for the current document, but it can also use with link site icons. It is placed on the head section of the document.

Example

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="">

Following are some specifications about the HTML <link> tag

Display	None
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	textual

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Link Tag</title>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="htmlpages/css/link.css">
</head>
<body>
	<h2>Example of Link Tag</h2>
	<p>This is paragraph which is styled with external style sheet. </p>
</body>
</html>

Test it Now

body{
	background-color: #7ac5cd;
		text-align: center;}
h2{
	color: #006400;}

p{
	color: #cd5c5c;
	font-size: 25px;
	font-style: italic;}

Output:

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
charset	char_encoding	It defines the character encoding of linked source. (Not supported in HTML5)
href	URL	It specifies the location of the linked document.
hreflang	language_code	Specifies the text language of linked source.
media	media_query	It specifies the media, for which linked source is applied.
rel	alternate author dns-prefetch help icon license next pingback preconnect prefetch preload prerender prev search stylesheet	It describes the relationship between the current document and linked document. (required)
rev	reversed relationship	It describes the relationship between the linked document and the current document. (Not supported in HTML5)
sizes	Height* weight	It specifies the size of the linked source. It should be only used with rel="icon."
target	_blank _self _top _parent frame_name	It determines where to load the linked document.
type	media_type	It specifies the media type of document.

Global attribute:

The <link> tag supports the global attributes in HTML

Event attribute:

The <link > tag supports the event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<link>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Next TopicHTML Tags List

← prev next →

.Net

.NET Array Dictionary List String 2D Async DataTable Dates DateTime Enum File For Foreach Format IEnumerable If IndexOf Lambda LINQ Parse Path Process Property Regex Replace Sort Split Static StringBuilder Substring Switch Tuple

Java

Core Array ArrayList HashMap String 2D Cast Character Console Deque Duplicates File For Format HashSet If IndexOf Lambda Math ParseInt Process Random Regex Replace Sort Split StringBuilder Substring Switch Vector While

Related Links

Adjectives Ado Ai Android Angular Antonyms Apache Articles Asp Autocad Automata Aws Azure Basic Binary Bitcoin Blockchain C Cassandra Change Coa Computer Control Cpp Create Creating C-Sharp Cyber Daa Data Dbms Deletion Devops Difference Discrete Es6 Ethical Examples Features Firebase Flutter Fs Git Go Hbase History Hive Hiveql How Html Idioms Insertion Installing Ios Java Joomla Js Kafka Kali Laravel Logical Machine Matlab Matrix Mongodb Mysql One Opencv Oracle Ordering Os Pandas Php Pig Pl Postgresql Powershell Prepositions Program Python React Ruby Scala Selecting Selenium Sentence Seo Sharepoint Software Spellings Spotting Spring Sql Sqlite Sqoop Svn Swift Synonyms Talend Testng Types Uml Unity Vbnet Verbal Webdriver What Wpf

TheDeveloperBlog.com

HTML link tag

HTML <link> tag

Example

Example

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

Global attribute:

Event attribute:

Supporting Browsers

Related Links:

.Net

Java

Related Links