This is the expected behavior according to the w3 documentation. An example where a hyperlink placeholder makes sense is within template previews. Why not leave the href property blank? A blank href property is actually a hyperlink to the current page. In other words, it will cause a page refresh.
Another question that you may be wondering is, "Why not just leave the href property off? A common response I've heard is that the href property is required, so it "should" be present on anchors. The href property is required only for an anchor to actually be a hyperlink! Read this from w3. So, why not just leave it off for placeholders?
Browsers render default styles for elements and will change the default style of an anchor tag that doesn't have the href property. Instead, it will be considered like regular text.
It even changes the browser's behavior regarding the element. The status bar bottom of the screen will not be displayed when hovering on an anchor without the href property. It is best to use a placeholder href value on an anchor to ensure it is treated as a hyperlink. See this demo demonstrating style and behavior differences. Putting the " " symbol as the href for something means that it points not to a different URL, but rather to another id or name tag on the same page.
For example:. If any logable errors are being generated, you won't see them in the latter case unless you enable persistent logs.
If an anchor element is used as a non-anchor it should have its href set to javascript:void 0 ; for the sake of graceful degradation. Replacing the with javascript:void 0 ; fixed it. It's a link that links to nowhere essentially it just adds " " onto the URL. It's used for a number of different reasons.
Unordered lists are often created with the intent of using them as a menu, but an li list item is text. Because the list li item is text, the mouse pointer will not be an arrow, but an "I cursor". Users are accustomed to seeing a pointing finger for a mouse pointer when something is clickable.
Using an anchor tag a inside of the li tag causes the mouse pointer to change to a pointing finger. The pointing finger is a lot better for using the list as a menu. If the list is being used for a menu, and doesn't need a link, then a URL doesn't need to be designated. The I-cursor might make the user think that the menu item is not clickable. Therefore, you still need an href , but you don't need a link to anywhere. You could use lots of div or p tags for a menu list, but the mouse pointer would be an I-cursor for them also.
You could use lots of buttons stacked on top of each other for a menu list, but the list seems to be preferable. You can set the pointer style in CSS, so that is another option. To avoid this, for older browsers or non-HTML5 doctypes, use. The main point of the link is served by executing the JavaScript code; browsers with JS support then ignore the real link target. Authors should consider the following issues when deciding whether to use id or name for an anchor name:.
A reference to an unavailable or unidentifiable resource is an error. Although user agents may vary in how they handle such an error, we recommend the following behavior:.
This element defines a link. Unlike A , it may only appear in the HEAD section of a document, although it may appear any number of times. Although LINK has no content, it conveys relationship information that may be rendered by user agents in a variety of ways e.
The current document is "Chapter2. The rel attribute specifies the relationship of the linked document with the current document. The values "Index", "Next", and "Prev" are explained in the section on link types. The rel and rev attributes play complementary roles -- the rel attribute specifies a forward link and the rev attribute specifies a reverse link.
When the LINK element links an external style sheet to a document, the type attribute specifies the style sheet language and the media attribute specifies the intended rendering medium or media.
User agents may save time by retrieving from the network only those style sheets that apply to the current device. Media types are further discussed in the section on style sheets. Authors may use the LINK element to provide a variety of information to search engines, including:. The examples below illustrate how language information, media types, and link types may be combined to improve document handling by search engines.
In the following example, we use the hreflang attribute to tell search engines where to find Dutch, Portuguese, and Arabic versions of a document. Note the use of the charset attribute for the Arabic manual. Note also the use of the lang attribute to indicate that the value of the title attribute for the LINK element designating the French manual is in French. In the following example, we tell search engines where to find the front page of a collection of documents.
Further information is given in the notes in the appendix on helping search engines index your Web site. In HTML, links and references to external images, applets, form-processing programs, style sheets, etc. User agents must calculate the base URI according to the following precedences highest priority to lowest :.
Please consult the definitions of these elements for more information about URI issues specific to them. HTTP 1. The value of this attribute must be a unique anchor name. The scope of this name is the current document. Note that this attribute shares the same name space as the id attribute.
It allows user agents to opt to use a fallback mechanism rather than fetch the content if they are advised that they will get content in a content type they do not support. Authors who use this attribute take responsibility to manage the risk that it may become inconsistent with the content available at the link target address.
The value of this attribute is a space-separated list of link types. Please consult the section on character encodings for more details. Attributes defined elsewhere id , class document-wide identifiers lang language information , dir text direction title element title style inline style information shape and coords image maps onfocus , onblur , onclick , ondblclick , onmousedown , onmouseup , onmouseover , onmousemove , onmouseout , onkeypress , onkeydown , onkeyup intrinsic events target target frame information tabindex tabbing navigation accesskey access keys.
A possible visual rendering of the previous link might be: For more information about W3C, please consult the W3C Web site. Suppose we define an anchor named "anchor-one" in the file "one.
The A element in the following example specifies a link with href and creates a named anchor with name simultaneously: I just returned from vacation! The following example names a destination anchor with the id attribute: I just returned from vacation! Authors should consider the following issues when deciding whether to use id or name for an anchor name: The id attribute can act as more than just an anchor name e.
Some older user agents don't support anchors created with the id attribute. The name attribute allows richer anchor names with entities. Attributes defined elsewhere id , class document-wide identifiers lang language information , dir text direction title element title style inline style information onclick , ondblclick , onmousedown , onmouseup , onmouseover , onmousemove , onmouseout , onkeypress , onkeydown , onkeyup intrinsic events href , hreflang , type , rel , rev links and anchors target target frame information media header style information charset character encodings.
As discussed above, an absolute URL points to a file on another website. Bonus tip: Notice how the link text describes what the link does. This makes your site more accessible to those using assistive technologies. A relative URL references a file on the same website.
See how the href value looks different? When this part of the URL is left out, the browser assumes that the specified file is located on the same domain as the current page in this case, hubspot. The answer is that relative URLs come in handy if the file path of the linked file changes, such as in the case of a website restructuring or a domain change.
If this happens, the relative URL will still work, since it only contains the name of the linked resource and not the entire file path. Use a URI fragment to link to a different part of the same web page. URI fragments begin with the hash symbol, followed by the id of the desired page element. For example, this link directs you to the H3 above this one. However, we can use other protocols with href too, like mailto: and file:.
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